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96. Samrala

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-SAMRALA

INC 39.9%won by 2.2%AD 37.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 2.4% to 2.2%.

  • New challengerApna Dal (Kamerawadi) (AD) finished second with 37.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.7% 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
46,137
Margin
992
2.15%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AJMER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC18,42239.9%
  2. 2GURBUX SINGHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD17,43037.8%
  3. 3GURCHARAN SINGHREP · REP4,3209.4%
  4. 4MAL SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI3,3967.4%
  5. 5HARI CHARANIndependent · IND2,5695.6%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–AD swing
−23.5%
INC share
25.7% → 39.9%
AD share
0.0% → 37.8%
Turnout
— → —
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