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Constituency

50. Ferozepur Jhirka

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-FEROZEPUR-JHIRKA

INC 41.7%won by 24.1%REP 17.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.3% to 24.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerREP (REP) finished second with 17.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.4% between them, down from 93.4% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
39,753
Margin
9,566
24.06%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCREP swing
−37.8%
INC share
61.8% 41.7%
REP share
0.0% 17.7%
Turnout