EElectionLens
Constituency

10. Ferozepur Cantonment

Community mirror

Punjab Assembly Election, 1972

PB-FEROZEPUR-CANTONMENT

SAD 48.3%won by 0.4%INC 47.9%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.3% to 0.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 144 votes (0.40%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
36,053
Margin
144
0.40%

Candidates

7 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1MOHINDER SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD17,40248.3%
  2. 2SUKHCHAIN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,25847.9%
  3. 3KAPOOR SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3651.0%
  4. 4BALDEV RAJ KAUSHALNCO · NCO3541.0%
  5. 5DEVKI NANDANIndependent · IND2960.8%
  6. 6JANKI DASSIndependent · IND2100.6%
  7. 7RULDUIndependent · IND1680.5%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–INC swing
−22.9%
SAD share
59.9% → 48.3%
INC share
36.7% → 47.9%
Turnout
— → —
9. Ferozepur11. Zira
Back to the PB Assembly 1972 explorer