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Constituency

276. Gurdaspur

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-GURDASPUR

INC 40.3%won by 19.6%IND 20.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.9% to 19.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.0% between them, down from 82.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 11.9% to 63.5%.

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

Electorate
3,94,742
Turnout
63.5%
Valid votes
2,50,561
Margin
49,014
19.56%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
+7.7%
INC share
47.2% 40.3%
IND share
35.3% 20.7%
Turnout
51.6% 63.5%