Constituency
59. Ranbir Singh Pura
Community mirrorJammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1977
JK-RANBIR-SINGH-PURA
INC 48.5%won by 20.9%JNP 27.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 20.8% to 20.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
26,007
Margin
5,437
20.91%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1JANAK RAJIndian National Congress · INC12,60348.5%
- 2RANGIL SINGHJanata Party · JNP7,16627.6%
- 3CHUNI LALIndependent · IND3,29812.7%
- 4PIARA SINGHJKN · JKN1,3955.4%
- 5TILAK RAJIndependent · IND9603.7%
- 6DURGA DASSIndependent · IND5011.9%
- 7HARI SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI840.3%
Since 1967
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −29.1%
- INC share
- 50.0% → 48.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 27.6%
- Turnout
- — → —