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120. Majitha

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-MAJITHA

INC 49.7%won by 11.6%SWA 38.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.9% to 11.6%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 38.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.8% of the vote between them, up from 80.2% — 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
42,543
Margin
4,917
11.56%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PARKASH KAURIndian National Congress · INC21,13749.7%
  2. 2PARKASH SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA16,22038.1%
  3. 3SOHAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI2,6616.3%
  4. 4HAZARA SINGHIndependent · IND2,1815.1%
  5. 5FEROZIndependent · IND3440.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−32.0%
INC share
43.6% → 49.7%
SWA share
0.0% → 38.1%
Turnout
— → —
119. Ajnala121. Amritsar Sadar
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