Constituency
26. Kaithal
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1962
PB-KAITHAL
INC 44.7%won by 13.3%JS 31.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.3% to 13.3%.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 31.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.1% between them, down from 84.9% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
49,640
Margin
6,588
13.27%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1OM PRABHAIndian National Congress · INC22,18344.7%
- 2BARU RAMJS · JS15,59531.4%
- 3ABNASH CHANDERSwatantra Party · SWA11,86223.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −29.8%
- INC share
- 43.1% → 44.7%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 31.4%
- Turnout
- — → —