Elections Archive

GEN · Punjab

Ludhiana

Bahadur Singh (INC) won by 15,702 votes (1.7%).

Electors
8,07,145
Votes polled
9,33,918
Valid votes
9,33,918
Turnout
100.0%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1957-02-25

Margin vs 1957 national median: 1.7% (median 11.1%). Back to Punjab · 1957 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
2.0%(-5.4%)
Turnout
60.2%(-3.5%)
NOTA
0.5%
Top-2 squeeze
59.2%

Winning margin over time · Ludhiana

1957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202428%

Candidates

Candidates · Ludhiana 1957
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bahadur SinghWinnerINC2,48,81026.6%
1Ajit SinghWinnerINC2,33,10825.0%
3Sant SinghCPI1,40,01815.0%
4Piara SinghCPI1,34,63214.4%
5Romesh ChandraIND72,6127.8%
6Dasaundha SinghIND64,7306.9%
7Paras RamIND40,0084.3%
8Bachint SinghIND00.0%

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