Constituency
78. Rajpura
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1967
PB-RAJPURA
INC 29.7%won by 9.4%ADM 20.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.6% to 9.4%.
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 15.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerADM (ADM) finished second with 20.3% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.0% between them, down from 75.9% — the field split more ways.
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
39,093
Margin
3,691
9.44%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1S. PARKASHIndian National Congress · INC11,62329.7%
- 2K. SINGHADM · ADM7,93220.3%
- 3G. RAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,16518.3%
- 4A. CHANDIndependent · IND6,53016.7%
- 5H. SINGHADS · ADS4,01110.3%
- 6D. PALIndependent · IND5181.3%
- 7K. RAJSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP4451.1%
- 8N. CHANDSwatantra Party · SWA3841.0%
- 9H. SINGHIndependent · IND2510.6%
- 10I. KAURIndependent · IND2340.6%
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–ADM swing
- −35.8%
- INC share
- 45.2% → 29.7%
- ADM share
- 0.0% → 20.3%
- Turnout
- — → —