Constituency
61. Phillaur
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1972
PB-PHILLAUR
INC 48.4%won by 5.0%IND 43.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.0% to 5.0%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.9% of the vote between them, up from 75.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
50,591
Margin
2,514
4.97%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SURJIT SINGH ATWALIndian National Congress · INC24,50848.4%
- 2AMAR SINGHIndependent · IND21,99443.5%
- 3SHER SINGH REEHALILP · ILP2,8255.6%
- 4IQBAL SINGHIndependent · IND1,2642.5%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −33.1%
- INC share
- 46.4% → 48.4%
- IND share
- 8.3% → 43.5%
- Turnout
- — → —