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25. Pehowa

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Haryana Assembly Election, 1972

HR-PEHOWA

INC 43.4%won by 11.9%IND 31.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.7% to 11.9%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 31.5% — it polled just 1.6% in 1968.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.8% of the vote between them, up from 63.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
48,931
Margin
5,833
11.92%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PIARA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,22443.4%
  2. 2KHUSHVANT SINGHIndependent · IND15,39131.5%
  3. 3CHIMAN LALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6,37513.0%
  4. 4KULWANT RAIIndependent · IND4,0158.2%
  5. 5TAHAL CHANDIndependent · IND1,6413.4%
  6. 6DALIY SINGHIndependent · IND2850.6%

Since 1968

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−25.2%
INC share
38.7% → 43.4%
IND share
1.6% → 31.5%
Turnout
— → —
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