Constituency
134. Hoshiarpur
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1962
PB-HOSHIARPUR
INC 44.9%won by 8.6%PSP 36.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 19.3% to 44.9% of the vote here (+25.6%).
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 36.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.2% of the vote between them, up from 45.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
41,609
Margin
3,572
8.58%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1BAL KRISHANIndian National Congress · INC18,68244.9%
- 2BALBIR SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP15,11036.3%
- 3BASANTA MALLJS · JS6,47215.6%
- 4LACHHMAN SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA9062.2%
- 5INDER SINGHIndependent · IND4391.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PSP swing
- −10.7%
- INC share
- 19.3% → 44.9%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 36.3%
- Turnout
- — → —