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148. Malerkotla

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-MALERKOTLA

INC 53.9%won by 18.2%AD 35.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.2% to 18.2%.

  • New challengerApna Dal (Kamerawadi) (AD) finished second with 35.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.6% of the vote between them, up from 74.2% — 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
51,959
Margin
9,474
18.23%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1YUSUF ZAMAN BEGUMIndian National Congress · INC28,01353.9%
  2. 2GURDEV SINGHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD18,53935.7%
  3. 3MADAN GOPALJS · JS3,5416.8%
  4. 4MUNSHI KHANIndependent · IND1,3692.6%
  5. 5ISMAILIndependent · IND4971.0%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–AD swing
−23.5%
INC share
41.7% → 53.9%
AD share
0.0% → 35.7%
Turnout
— → —
147. Payal149. Mahal Kalan
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