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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 144 · 1962
Patiala
Winner — 1962
RAM PARTAP
INC· INC
INC 41.4%SWA 40.8%6 others 17.8%
Votes
18,624
41.4% share
Winning margin
260
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
60.1%
of 74,903
Patiala was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 260 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAM PARTAP | INC | 18,624 | 41.4% |
| 2 | BASANT SINGH | Swatantra Party | 18,364 | 40.8% |
| 3 | TEJ RAM | 5,835 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | PAYARE LAL | IND | 777 | 1.7% |
| 5 | BHAGWAT SWARUP | IND | 614 | 1.4% |
| 6 | KIRAN VIR SINGH | IND | 422 | 0.9% |
| 7 | BANU RAM | SOC | 209 | 0.5% |
| 8 | HARBANS SINGH | IND | 147 | 0.3% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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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swing0.6%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 0.6% · min 0.6% · max 0.6%
How contested is turnout?
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60%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.81
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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154 seats · 78 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.4%SWA 40.8%BJS 13.0%OTH 4.8%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED