Constituency
344. Tarn Taran
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-TARN-TARAN
INC 50.3%won by 0.6%CPI 49.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.8% to 0.6%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 81.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.6% to 67.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,72,472
Turnout
67.3%
Valid votes
3,18,088
Margin
1,990
0.63%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1SURJIT SINGH MAJITHIAIndian National Congress · INC1,60,03950.3%
- 2ACHHAR SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI1,58,04949.7%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −16.1%
- INC share
- 49.1% → 50.3%
- CPI share
- 32.3% → 49.7%
- Turnout
- 64.7% → 67.3%