Constituency
343. Amritsar
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-AMRITSAR
INC 39.8%won by 4.6%AD 35.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.0% to 4.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerApna Dal (Kamerawadi) (AD) finished second with 35.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.0% to 68.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,57,869
Turnout
68.7%
Valid votes
3,14,526
Margin
14,416
4.58%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1GURMUKH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,25,03339.8%
- 2NARINDER SINGHApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD1,10,61735.2%
- 3KRISHAN LALJS · JS67,84921.6%
- 4BALDEV DUTTIndependent · IND6,9872.2%
- 5RAM NATH KALIARashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP4,0401.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–AD swing
- −39.3%
- INC share
- 43.9% → 39.8%
- AD share
- 0.0% → 35.2%
- Turnout
- 62.7% → 68.7%