Constituency
40. Garhshankar
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1967
PB-GARHSHANKAR
INC 45.0%won by 15.3%CPI 29.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.0% to 15.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.6% between them, down from 83.3% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
45,407
Margin
6,934
15.27%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1CAPT. R. SINGHIndian National Congress · INC20,41245.0%
- 2D. SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI13,47829.7%
- 3J. SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,41116.3%
- 4R. ASRAIndependent · IND4,1069.0%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −20.7%
- INC share
- 59.6% → 45.0%
- CPI share
- 23.6% → 29.7%
- Turnout
- — → —