Constituency
117. Amritsar City Civil Lines
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1962
PB-AMRITSAR-CITY-CIVIL-LINES
INC 36.4%won by 12.5%PSP 23.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.7% to 12.5%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 23.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.2% between them, down from 67.3% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
49,073
Margin
6,126
12.48%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1JAI INDER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,84236.4%
- 2KIRPAL SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,71623.9%
- 3KESHAB CHANDERJS · JS10,51821.4%
- 4SAT PALCommunist Party of India · CPI8,07316.5%
- 5MOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND3560.7%
- 6HARNAM SINGHIndependent · IND2700.6%
- 7GURDIP SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA1740.4%
- 8AMAR NATHIndependent · IND800.2%
- 9RATTAN SINGHIndependent · IND440.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −23.1%
- INC share
- 35.5% → 36.4%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 23.9%
- Turnout
- — → —