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129. Pathankot

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-PATHANKOT

INC 50.4%won by 11.4%JS 39.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.5% to 11.4%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 39.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.4% of the vote between them, up from 64.2% — 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
38,136
Margin
4,339
11.38%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHAGIRATH LALIndian National Congress · INC19,22250.4%
  2. 2OM PARKASHJS · JS14,88339.0%
  3. 3SHAMSHER SINGHIndependent · IND1,8264.8%
  4. 4DIWAN CHANDIndependent · IND1,1523.0%
  5. 5AJIT SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA1,0532.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−25.5%
INC share
36.8% → 50.4%
JS share
0.0% → 39.0%
Turnout
— → —
128. Narot Jaimal Singh130. Gurdaspur
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