Results/Lok Sabha/Punjab/1952
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Punjab Lok Sabha 1952
Results board · 15 constituencies
HouseLok Sabha
StatePunjab
Seats
15
Constituencies
Majority
8
Seats needed of 15
Electors
67.18L
On the roll
Votes polled
49.92L
74.3% of electors
Median turnout
55.1%
Median of 15 seats
INC lead
+6
Above majority · 14 − 8
[01]Seat matrix
Majority · 8 of 15INC 14 · +6 above majority
INC
1493.3%
Indian National Congress
SAD
16.7%
Shiromani Akali Dal
[02]Vote share
INC
42.8%14 seats · 93.3%
SAD
11.4%1 seat · 6.7%
ZP
5.8%0 seats
BJS
5.6%0 seats
CPI
5.0%0 seats
Others
29.4%0 seats · 0.0%
Alliances
Not in the source for this election.
[03]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
INC converted 42.8% of votes into 93.3% of seats, a seat premium of 50.5 pp.
14 ÷ 15 = 93.3% · 93.3 − 42.8 = +50.5 -
ZP polled 5.8% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).
0 ÷ 15 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 5.8 = −5.8 -
Turnout ran from 46.9% in Kangra to 69.6% in Rohtak; the median seat polled 55.1%.
min / median / max over 15 seats with a recorded turnout
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[04]Turnout
< 50%
16.7% of seats
50–60
1066.7% of seats
60–70
426.7% of seats
70–80
00.0% of seats
≥ 80%
00.0% of seats
- LowestKangra46.9%
- HighestRohtak69.6%
- NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded
[05]Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes polled | Margin | Margin % | Turnout % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193 | Ambala Simla | Tek Chand | Indian National Congress | 2,00,028 | not recorded | not recorded | 54.8 |
| 194 | Karnal | Subhadra Joshi | Indian National Congress | 8,42,918 | not recorded | not recorded | 55.1 |
| 195 | Rohtak | Ranbir Singh | Indian National Congress | 2,53,188 | not recorded | not recorded | 69.6 |
| 196 | Jhajjar Rewari | Ghamandi Lal | Indian National Congress | 2,46,224 | not recorded | not recorded | 64.4 |
| 197 | Gurgaon | Thakar Das | Indian National Congress | 2,51,946 | not recorded | not recorded | 66.0 |
| 198 | Hissar | Achint Ram | Indian National Congress | 1,88,389 | not recorded | not recorded | 50.8 |
| 199 | Fazilka Sirsa | Atma Singh | Indian National Congress | 2,14,413 | not recorded | not recorded | 59.4 |
| 200 | Ferozepore Ludhiana | Lal Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 8,11,732 | not recorded | not recorded | 53.1 |
| 201 | Nawan Shahr | Baldev Singh | Indian National Congress | 2,50,375 | not recorded | not recorded | 62.9 |
| 202 | Jullundur | Amar Nath | Indian National Congress | 1,99,468 | not recorded | not recorded | 55.5 |
| 203 | Hoshiarpur | Diwan Chand | Indian National Congress | 7,99,356 | not recorded | not recorded | 51.5 |
| 204 | Kangra | Hem Raj | Indian National Congress | 1,59,053 | not recorded | not recorded | 46.9 |
| 205 | Gurdaspur | Teja Singh | Indian National Congress | 1,82,413 | not recorded | not recorded | 51.6 |
| 206 | Tarn Taran | Surjit Singh | Indian National Congress | 2,12,396 | not recorded | not recorded | 56.2 |
| 207 | Amritsar | Gurmukh Singh Musaffar | Indian National Congress | 1,80,439 | not recorded | not recorded | 50.0 |
No seat carries a margin“not recorded”: the source carries no figure for that seat
Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1952 · Punjab · 15 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