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27. Verka

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1969

PB-VERKA

INC 36.4%won by 2.8%SAD 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: ADS (ADS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.8%.

  • New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
44,027
Margin
1,253
2.85%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GURMEJ SINGHIndian National Congress · INC16,04536.4%
  2. 2KHAZAN SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD14,79233.6%
  3. 3SOHAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI8,77519.9%
  4. 4KARNAIL SINGH MARRIPolitical Justice Party · PJP4,1349.4%
  5. 5BHAN SINGHIndependent · IND2810.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
ADS
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–SAD swing
−31.3%
INC share
34.2% → 36.4%
SAD share
0.0% → 33.6%
Turnout
— → —
26. Amritsar West28. Majitha
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