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331. Kaithal

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-KAITHAL

INC 43.4%won by 5.7%SWA 37.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.8% to 5.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 37.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.1% of the vote between them, up from 66.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.2% to 66.8%.

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

Electorate
5,18,275
Turnout
66.8%
Valid votes
3,45,929
Margin
19,603
5.67%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DEV DUTTIndian National Congress · INC1,50,12743.4%
  2. 2INDER SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA1,30,52437.7%
  3. 3BIRBAL DASSJS · JS38,65111.2%
  4. 4SER SINGHIndependent · IND11,3613.3%
  5. 5RAM CHANDER SINGHRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP8,0232.3%
  6. 6OM DUTTIndependent · IND7,2432.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−40.9%
INC share
46.6% → 43.4%
SWA share
0.0% → 37.7%
Turnout
63.6% → 66.8%
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