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Patiala and East Punjab States Union · PC 1 · 1956 by-election
Mohindergarh
Winner — 1956 by-election
RAM KRISHAN
INC 60.9%IND 39.1%
Votes
77,672
60.9% share
Winning margin
27,782
21.8% of votes
Total votes cast
1,27,562
Candidates
2
Seat history
All Candidates
2 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAM KRISHAN | 77,67260.9% | |
| 2 | NIHA SINGH | IND | 49,89039.1% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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21.8%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Essentially two
INC and an independent took 100% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 1.91 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How often does it back the winner?
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…How did the vote split?
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60.9%won by INC
INC 60.9%IND 39.1%
Historical constituency — last contested in 1951. Redrawn or abolished in a later delimitation, so it has no present-day district or state context; its full territorial history is above and in the Seat-history drawer.