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Constituency

5. Abohar

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1969

PB-ABOHAR

BJS 46.2%won by 8.8%IND 37.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.3% to 8.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.6% between them, down from 89.4% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
45,297
Margin
4,004
8.84%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
BJS
BJSIND swing
−39.8%
BJS share
52.8% 46.2%
IND share
4.1% 37.4%
Turnout