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278. Hissar

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-HISSAR

INC 54.2%won by 36.3%IND 17.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.9% to 36.3%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.0% of the vote between them, up from 54.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.1% to 56.0%.

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

Electorate
4,19,250
Turnout
56.0%
Valid votes
2,34,599
Margin
85,244
36.34%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1THAKAR DASS BHARGAVAIndian National Congress · INC1,27,05954.2%
  2. 2NET RAMIndependent · IND41,81517.8%
  3. 3NANAK CHANDIndependent · IND37,96816.2%
  4. 4RAM SWARUPPraja Socialist Party · PSP20,8188.9%
  5. 5SHAM LALIndependent · IND6,9393.0%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
+20.4%
INC share
35.2% → 54.2%
IND share
19.3% → 17.8%
Turnout
50.8% → 56.0%
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