Election
Constituency

74. Bhatinda

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-BHATINDA

INC 46.7%won by 5.5%SWA 41.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.2% to 5.5%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 41.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
52,497
Margin
2,880
5.49%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1HARBANS LALIndian National Congress · INC24,49246.7%
  2. 2MAHESINDER SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA21,61241.2%
  3. 3SADHU RAMJS · JS5,49910.5%
  4. 4OM PRAKASHIndependent · IND8941.7%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−40.6%
INC share
46.1% → 46.7%
SWA share
0.0% → 41.2%
Turnout
— → —
73. Phul75. Jaitu
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