Constituency

279. Hoshiarpur

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-HOSHIARPUR

INC 61.4%won by 22.8%BJS 38.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.4% to 22.8%.

Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 45.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout fell 41.2% to 61.8%.

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

Electorate

4,26,687

Turnout

61.8%

Valid votes

2,63,751

Margin

60,007

22.75%