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77. Muktsar

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-MUKTSAR

INC 55.9%won by 26.6%AD 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.0% to 26.6%.

  • New challengerApna Dal (Kamerawadi) (AD) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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
55,165
Margin
14,655
26.57%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1HARCHARAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC30,82655.9%
  2. 2NIRANJAN SINGHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD16,17129.3%
  3. 3CHANAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI3,9177.1%
  4. 4DES RAJJS · JS1,8053.3%
  5. 5BAGHAIR SINGHREP · REP8941.6%
  6. 6JOGINDER SINGHIndependent · IND7341.3%
  7. 7HARI SINGHIndependent · IND5110.9%
  8. 8BIJA RAMIndependent · IND3070.6%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–AD swing
−29.9%
INC share
56.5% → 55.9%
AD share
0.0% → 29.3%
Turnout
— → —
76. Faridkot78. Malout
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