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288. Tarn Taran

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-TARN-TARAN

INC 49.1%won by 16.8%CPI 32.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.0% to 16.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.4% of the vote between them, up from 62.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.4% to 64.7%.

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

Electorate
4,07,970
Turnout
64.7%
Valid votes
2,63,853
Margin
44,218
16.76%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SURJIT SINGH MAJITHIAIndian National Congress · INC1,29,43549.1%
  2. 2DALIP SINGH, S/O JANMEJA SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI85,21732.3%
  3. 3JAMNA DASSBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS17,6656.7%
  4. 4DALIP SINGH, S/O HIRA SINGHIndependent · IND14,9055.6%
  5. 5DIDAR SINGHIndependent · IND10,2753.9%
  6. 6DYAL SINGHIndependent · IND6,3562.4%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+5.8%
INC share
36.8% → 49.1%
CPI share
25.8% → 32.3%
Turnout
56.2% → 64.7%
287. Rohtak289. Ajmer
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