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Constituency

280. Jalandhar

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-JALANDHAR

INC 25.3%won by 1.8%INC 23.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.3% to 1.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.8% between them, down from 83.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 62.9% to 118.4%.

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

Electorate
8,53,060
Turnout
118.4%
Valid votes
10,09,778
Margin
18,452
1.83%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
50.2% 25.3%
INC share
50.2% 25.3%
Turnout
55.5% 118.4%