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Constituency

283. Kangra

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-KANGRA

INC 25.7%won by 0.8%INC 24.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.8% to 0.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 38.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.7% between them, down from 82.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 13.1% to 33.9%.

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

Electorate
8,46,795
Turnout
33.9%
Valid votes
2,86,822
Margin
2,252
0.79%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
64.6% 25.7%
INC share
64.6% 25.7%
Turnout
46.9% 33.9%