Constituency
46. Mukerian
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1969
PB-MUKERIAN
INC 48.5%won by 8.4%BJS 40.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 26.9% to 48.5% of the vote here (+21.5%).
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 40.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.5% of the vote between them, up from 64.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
52,391
Margin
4,400
8.40%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1KEWAL KRISHANIndian National Congress · INC25,38748.5%
- 2GAGAN SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS20,98740.1%
- 3PREM SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI3,5016.7%
- 4MELA RAMRPI · RPI2,2444.3%
- 5SHANKAR SINGHIndependent · IND2720.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- −18.5%
- INC share
- 26.9% → 48.5%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 40.1%
- Turnout
- — → —