Constituency
8. Ambala Cantonment
Community mirrorHaryana Assembly Election, 1977
HR-AMBALA-CANTONMENT
JNP 63.4%won by 31.7%INC 31.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 31.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 63.4% of the vote here (+63.4%).
- Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
30,953
Margin
9,824
31.74%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JNP- 1SHUSHMA SWARAJJanata Party · JNP19,63963.4%
- 2DEV. RAJ ANANDIndian National Congress · INC9,81531.7%
- 3BANSI LALIndependent · IND8302.7%
- 4NARENDAR DATTIndependent · IND2951.0%
- 5INDERJEET SINGHIndependent · IND1300.4%
- 6PURSHOTAMIndependent · IND1260.4%
- 7SUSHILIndependent · IND750.2%
- 8MADAN GOPALIndependent · IND430.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +88.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 63.4%
- INC share
- 56.6% → 31.7%
- Turnout
- — → —