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61. Phillaur

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1969

PB-PHILLAUR

INC 46.4%won by 17.0%SAD 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.5% to 17.0%.

  • New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.7% of the vote between them, up from 63.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
45,374
Margin
7,732
17.04%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SURJIT SINGH ATWALIndian National Congress · INC21,03746.4%
  2. 2AQBAL SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD13,30529.3%
  3. 3DUNI CHANDRPI · RPI4,4329.8%
  4. 4SHER SINGHIndependent · IND3,7528.3%
  5. 5SURINDER PAULIndependent · IND1,8304.0%
  6. 6TARA SINGHIndependent · IND7611.7%
  7. 7CHUNI LALPBI · PBI2570.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SAD swing
−24.2%
INC share
41.2% → 46.4%
SAD share
0.0% → 29.3%
Turnout
— → —
60. Nawan Shahr62. Jagraon
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