GEN · Punjab
KANGRA
Daljit Singh (INC) won by 2,252 votes (0.8%).
- Electors
- 8,46,795
- Votes polled
- 2,86,822
- Valid votes
- 2,86,822
- Turnout
- 33.9%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1957-02-25
Margin vs 1957 national median: 0.8% (median 11.1%). Back to Punjab · 1957 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1957
- Margin · 1962
- 16.2%(+15.4%)
- Turnout
- 43.0%(+9.1%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 65.3%
Winning margin over time · KANGRA
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daljit SinghWinner | INC | 73,783 | 25.7% |
| 1 | Hem RajWinner | INC | 71,531 | 24.9% |
| 3 | Kultar Chand | IND | 61,245 | 21.4% |
| 4 | Shankar Singh | SCF | 53,730 | 18.7% |
| 5 | Ram Nath Kalia | IND | 15,739 | 5.5% |
| 6 | Bhagwan Dass | IND | 10,794 | 3.8% |
| 7 | Rup Singh | IND | 0 | 0.0% |
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