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Constituency

146. Sirhind

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-SIRHIND

INC 46.5%won by 2.6%AD 43.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.3% to 2.6%.

  • New challengerApna Dal (Kamerawadi) (AD) finished second with 43.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.5% of the vote between them, up from 59.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
49,453
Margin
1,273
2.57%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GIAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC23,00646.5%
  2. 2GURDIAL SINGHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD21,73343.9%
  3. 3DEV RAJJS · JS4,7149.5%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCAD swing
−27.4%
INC share
30.0% 46.5%
AD share
0.0% 43.9%
Turnout