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15. Karnal

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Haryana Assembly Election, 1972

HR-KARNAL

BJS 44.3%won by 2.2%INC 42.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 2.2%.

  • BJS vote shareBJS went from 25.7% to 44.3% of the vote here (+18.6%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.5% of the vote between them, up from 58.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
39,962
Margin
862
2.16%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1RAM LALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS17,71944.3%
  2. 2SHANTI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC16,85742.2%
  3. 3BALWAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,6024.0%
  4. 4PIARA LALIndependent · IND1,2433.1%
  5. 5KALI RAMIndependent · IND1,2033.0%
  6. 6KALLUIndependent · IND6161.5%
  7. 7RADHE SHAYAMIndependent · IND5421.4%
  8. 8KASHMIRA SINGHIndependent · IND1800.5%

Since 1968

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
BJSflipped
BJS–INC swing
−1.4%
BJS share
25.7% → 44.3%
INC share
22.1% → 42.2%
Turnout
— → —
14. Indri16. Jundla
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