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Constituency

139. Garhshankar

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-GARHSHANKAR

INC 59.6%won by 36.0%CPI 23.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.9% to 36.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.3% of the vote between them, up from 49.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
46,626
Margin
16,770
35.97%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
+34.1%
INC share
25.9% 59.6%
CPI share
24.0% 23.6%
Turnout