State board · Lok Sabha

Punjab Lok Sabha 1962

Results board · 22 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StatePunjab

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 22

Electors

1.07Cr

On the roll

Votes polled

70.29L

65.4% of electors

Median turnout

66.1%

Median of 22 seats

INC lead

Above majority · 14 − 12

[01]Seat matrix

22 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 12 of 22INC 14 · +2 above majority

INC 1463.6% Indian National Congress

BJS 313.6% Bharatiya Jana Sangh

AD 313.6% Akali Dal

HLS 14.5% Haryana Lok Samiti

SOCIAL 14.5% Socialist

State level, as published

INC 41.3%14 seats · 63.6%

JS 15.2%Seats unmatched

AD 12.2%3 seats · 13.6%

REP 6.3%Seats unmatched

CPI 4.7%0 seats

Others 20.3%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

BJS3 seats
HLS1 seat
SOCIAL1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

INC converted 41.3% of votes into 63.6% of seats, a seat premium of 22.3 pp.
14 ÷ 22 = 63.6% · 63.6 − 41.3 = +22.3
Ludhiana was decided by 1,870 votes, the closest of 22 seats; Una had the widest margin, 70,222.
min / max of margin over 22 seats with a recorded margin
2 seats were won by a margin under 1%; AD won 1 of them.
count(margin % < 1.0) = 2 of 22 · AD 1
In SC-reserved seats INC won 3 of 5 (60.0%), against 63.6% of all seats.
3 ÷ 5 = 60.0% · 14 ÷ 22 = 63.6%
Turnout ran from 43.0% in Kangra to 73.0% in Rohtak; the median seat polled 66.1%.
min / median / max over 22 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

22 of 22 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 14.5% of seats

50–60 14.5% of seats

60–70 1568.2% of seats

70–80 522.7% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestKangra43.0%
HighestRohtak73.0%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

22 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Punjab Lok Sabha 1962, all 22 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
316	Kangra	Hem Raj	Indian National Congress	1,85,733	29,182	15.7	43.0
317	UnaSCWIDEST	Daljit Singh	Indian National Congress	2,81,201	70,222	25.0	55.0
318	AmbalaSC	Chuni Lal	Indian National Congress	2,71,449	35,834	13.2	61.7
319	Karnal	Rameshwaranand	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	3,27,861	12,710	3.9	68.7
320	Kaithal	Dev Dutt	Indian National Congress	3,60,791	19,603	5.4	69.6
321	Rohtak	Lehri Singh	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	3,48,401	20,107	5.8	73.0
322	Jhajjar	Jagdev Singh	Haryana Lok Samiti	3,60,204	7,662	2.1	71.2
323	Gurgaon	Gajraj Singh	Indian National Congress	3,19,542	18,418	5.8	63.9
324	Mahendragarh	Yudhvir Singh	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	3,21,990	11,259	3.5	61.0
325	Hissar	Mani Ram	Socialist	3,56,615	27,233	7.6	62.8
326	BhatindaSC	Dhanna Singh	Akali Dal	3,22,843	58,021	18.0	66.7
327	Ferozepur	Iqbal Singh	Indian National Congress	3,32,188	32,152	9.7	63.7
328	MogaSC	Buta Singh	Akali Dal	3,23,060	30,457	9.4	70.3
329	LudhianaCLOSEST	Kapur Singh	Akali Dal	3,28,096	1,870	0.6	68.3
330	PhillaurSC	Sadhu Ram	Indian National Congress	3,22,682	9,619	3.0	66.2
331	Jullundur	Swaran Singh	Indian National Congress	3,00,406	69,081	23.0	65.6
332	Amritsar	Gurmukh Singh	Indian National Congress	3,22,823	14,416	4.5	70.5
333	Tarn Taran	Surjit Singh Majithia	Indian National Congress	3,26,394	1,990	0.6	69.1
334	Gurdaspur	Dewan Chand	Indian National Congress	2,98,900	56,498	18.9	65.8
335	Hoshiarpur	Amar Nath Vidya Alankar	Indian National Congress	3,19,443	10,301	3.2	66.0
336	Patiala	Hukum Singh	Indian National Congress	3,45,275	10,086	2.9	65.9
337	Sangrur	Ranjit Singh	Indian National Congress	3,52,881	17,269	4.9	70.0

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 70,222 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1962 · Punjab · 22 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database