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102. Nakodar

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-NAKODAR

INC 56.5%won by 33.1%AD 23.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.5% to 33.1%.

  • New challengerApna Dal (Kamerawadi) (AD) finished second with 23.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.9% of the vote between them, up from 56.3% — 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
38,437
Margin
12,739
33.14%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DARSHAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,71956.5%
  2. 2PRITAM SINGHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD8,98023.4%
  3. 3BAKHTAWAR SINGHIndependent · IND4,94412.9%
  4. 4BALDEV MITTERPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,4053.7%
  5. 5MALKIAT SINGHIndependent · IND7562.0%
  6. 6JAGIRI LALIndependent · IND3200.8%
  7. 7REHMAT MASSIHIndependent · IND3130.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–AD swing
+3.7%
INC share
29.4% → 56.5%
AD share
0.0% → 23.4%
Turnout
— → —
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