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78. Malout

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-MALOUT

INC 32.2%won by 5.9%CPI 26.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.8% to 5.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 58.4% of the vote between them, up from 48.9% — 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
57,599
Margin
3,402
5.91%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GURMIT SINGHIndian National Congress · INC18,52432.2%
  2. 2CHARANJI LALCommunist Party of India · CPI15,12226.3%
  3. 3HARCHARAN SINGHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD14,71925.6%
  4. 4RAVIRDERA DEVJS · JS4,8158.4%
  5. 5MAHINDER SINGHIndependent · IND1,8933.3%
  6. 6SUBA SINGHREP · REP1,2842.2%
  7. 7GHUMAN SINGHIndependent · IND7261.3%
  8. 8BALWANT RAIIndependent · IND5160.9%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+3.5%
INC share
25.4% → 32.2%
CPI share
22.9% → 26.3%
Turnout
— → —
77. Muktsar79. Lambi
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