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Constituency

109. Sultanpur

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-SULTANPUR

INC 53.6%won by 13.1%AD 40.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.6% to 13.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerApna Dal (Kamerawadi) (AD) finished second with 40.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.1% 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
39,906
Margin
5,242
13.14%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCAD swing
−61.2%
INC share
74.3% 53.6%
AD share
0.0% 40.5%
Turnout