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23. Amritsar East

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1969

PB-AMRITSAR-EAST

INC 49.1%won by 0.1%BJS 49.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 43.4% to 49.1% of the vote here (+5.7%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 43 votes (0.11%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
38,234
Margin
43
0.11%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GIAN CHANDIndian National Congress · INC18,76149.1%
  2. 2BALDEV PARKASHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS18,71849.0%
  3. 3JAGAN NATHIndependent · IND3931.0%
  4. 4SAROOP SINGHIndependent · IND1170.3%
  5. 5GURCHARAN SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA860.2%
  6. 6JOGINDER SINGHIndependent · IND680.2%
  7. 7SOBHA RAMIndependent · IND630.2%
  8. 8AMIR SINGHIndependent · IND280.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJS swing
+13.4%
INC share
43.4% → 49.1%
BJS share
56.6% → 49.0%
Turnout
— → —
22. Jandiala24. Amritsar South
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