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Punjab · PC 15 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Ludhiana

Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

BAHADUR SINGH
Indian National Congress
Also elected — same seat
AJIT SINGH
Indian National Congress· 2,33,108 votes
INC 26.6%INC 25.0%6 others 48.4%
Votes
2,48,810
26.6% share
Winning margin
1,08,792
11.6% of votes
Total votes cast
9,33,918
Candidates
8
Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BAHADUR SINGHElected
INC
2,48,81026.6%
2
AJIT SINGHElected
INC
2,33,10825.0%
3
SANT SINGH
CPI
1,40,01815.0%
4
PIARA SINGH
CPI
1,34,63214.4%
5
ROMESH CHANDRA
IND
72,6127.8%
6
DASAUNDHA SINGH
IND
64,7306.9%
7
PARAS RAM
IND
40,0084.3%
8
BACHINT SINGH
IND
00.0%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

An essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.6%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 10.9% · min 3.1% · max 17.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

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— NOT REPORTED

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 26.6%INC 25.0%CPI 15.0%CPI 14.4%IND 7.8%IND 6.9%OTH 4.3%

Who ran, on record?

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Historical constituency — last contested in 1962. 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.

ID: PB-15·View all 1957 seats →