Constituency
7. Hamirpur
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1957
PB-HAMIRPUR
INC 26.6%won by 1.2%IND 25.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.1% to 1.2%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 52.1% of the vote between them, up from 45.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,16,102
Margin
1,344
1.16%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SARLA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC30,90926.6%
- 2RUP SINGH (SC)Independent · IND29,56525.5%
- 3MEHAR SINGH (SC)Indian National Congress · INC26,75623.0%
- 4DHYAN SINGHIndependent · IND19,78817.0%
- 5SANDHYA PURIIndependent · IND9,0847.8%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −9.6%
- INC share
- 27.6% → 26.6%
- IND share
- 16.8% → 25.5%
- Turnout
- — → —