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Punjab · PC 16 · 19572 seats · 1 SC
Bhatinda
Winner — Lok Sabha 1957
HUKAM SINGH
Also elected — same seat
AJIT SINGH
Indian National Congress· 2,18,742 votes
INC 28.1%INC 23.8%4 others 48.1%
Votes
2,57,692
28.1% share
Winning margin
72,196
7.9% of votes
Total votes cast
9,17,397
Candidates
6
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HUKAM SINGHElected | 2,57,692 | 28.1% | |
| 2 | AJIT SINGHElected | 2,18,742 | 23.8% | |
| 3 | TEJA SINGH | 1,85,496 | 20.2% | |
| 4 | RAM SINGH | 1,45,310 | 15.8% | |
| 5 | KAPUR CHAND | 59,328 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | MADAN GOPAL | 50,829 | 5.5% |
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 two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe7.9%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 15.8% · min 7.9% · max 23.7%
How contested is turnout?
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64%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDHow often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 28.1%INC 23.8%CPI 20.2%CPI 15.8%BJS 6.5%BJS 5.5%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDHistorical 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.