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123. Sri Gobindpur

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-SRI-GOBINDPUR

INC 47.4%won by 15.2%AD 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.1% to 15.2%.

  • New challengerApna Dal (Kamerawadi) (AD) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.6% of the vote between them, up from 68.9% — 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
47,867
Margin
7,260
15.17%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SATNAM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC22,67147.4%
  2. 2UTTAM SINGHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD15,41132.2%
  3. 3GURNAM SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI7,21315.1%
  4. 4RAM PARKASHJS · JS1,8383.8%
  5. 5BAWA SINGHIndependent · IND7341.5%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–AD swing
−31.8%
INC share
47.0% → 47.4%
AD share
0.0% → 32.2%
Turnout
— → —
122. Beas124. Batala
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