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28. Rajaund

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-RAJAUND

INC 50.8%won by 14.8%SWA 36.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: SCF (SCF) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 38.6% to 50.8% of the vote here (+12.2%).
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 36.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.8% of the vote between them, up from 77.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
57,292
Margin
8,488
14.82%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PARASANNI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC29,09550.8%
  2. 2JAGJIT SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA20,60736.0%
  3. 3KASTURI LALIndependent · IND3,5746.2%
  4. 4JAI BHAGWANJS · JS1,8723.3%
  5. 5PAJABAIndependent · IND8421.5%
  6. 6GHISAIndependent · IND6331.1%
  7. 7MAI LALIndependent · IND3220.6%
  8. 8KISHAN LALIndependent · IND1980.3%
  9. 9RAN SINGHIndependent · IND1490.3%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
SCF
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–SWA swing
−23.8%
INC share
38.6% → 50.8%
SWA share
0.0% → 36.0%
Turnout
— → —
27. Narwana29. Jind
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