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329. Ambala

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-AMBALA

INC 46.7%won by 13.7%JS 32.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.2% to 13.7%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.6% of the vote between them, up from 63.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 57.3% to 59.4%.

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

Electorate
4,39,952
Turnout
59.4%
Valid votes
2,61,351
Margin
35,834
13.71%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHUNI LALIndian National Congress · INC1,21,94346.7%
  2. 2JUGAL KISHOREJS · JS86,10932.9%
  3. 3TELU RAM S/O PUNNU RAMREP · REP26,85210.3%
  4. 4ATMA RAMIndependent · IND19,0587.3%
  5. 5TELU RAM S/O WARU RAMIndependent · IND7,3892.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−20.8%
INC share
34.5% → 46.7%
JS share
0.0% → 32.9%
Turnout
116.7% → 59.4%
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