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132. Dasuya

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-DASUYA

INC 47.7%won by 0.8%IND 46.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.3% to 0.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 79.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 397 votes (0.83%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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
47,835
Margin
397
0.83%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KARTAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC22,80347.7%
  2. 2JAGJIT SINGHIndependent · IND22,40646.8%
  3. 3SHIV SINGHIndependent · IND9482.0%
  4. 4BHAGAT SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA7561.6%
  5. 5CHANAN RAMIndependent · IND6821.4%
  6. 6OM PARKASHIndependent · IND2400.5%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−19.5%
INC share
49.7% → 47.7%
IND share
29.4% → 46.8%
Turnout
— → —
131. Mukerian133. Hariana
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