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130. Gurdaspur

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-GURDASPUR

INC 50.4%won by 26.1%AD 24.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 26.1%.

  • New challengerApna Dal (Kamerawadi) (AD) finished second with 24.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.8% of the vote between them, up from 40.6% — 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
39,912
Margin
10,408
26.08%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRABODH CHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC20,13050.4%
  2. 2GURBACHAN SINGHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD9,72224.4%
  3. 3JITENDRAJS · JS7,85319.7%
  4. 4MANGA RAMIndependent · IND1,1913.0%
  5. 5MITTAR MAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,0162.5%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–AD swing
+5.5%
INC share
20.6% → 50.4%
AD share
0.0% → 24.4%
Turnout
— → —
129. Pathankot131. Mukerian
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