Constituency
25. Amritsar Central
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1969
PB-AMRITSAR-CENTRAL
BJS 51.9%won by 5.6%INC 46.3%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Jana Sangh held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.4% to 5.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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
38,601
Margin
2,151
5.57%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BJS- 1BALRAM DASSBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS20,01851.9%
- 2CHANDAN LALIndian National Congress · INC17,86746.3%
- 3DINA NATHIndependent · IND7161.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- BJS
- BJS–INC swing
- −18.9%
- BJS share
- 59.9% → 51.9%
- INC share
- 35.4% → 46.3%
- Turnout
- — → —