Constituency
11. Zira
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1972
PB-ZIRA
INC 33.0%won by 1.8%IND 31.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.1% to 1.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.1% between them, down from 87.0% — the field split more ways.
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
52,443
Margin
952
1.82%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1NASIB SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,29433.0%
- 2HARCHARAN SINGHIndependent · IND16,34231.2%
- 3ATMA SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD15,86130.2%
- 4BALWANT SINGHIndependent · IND9851.9%
- 5KARTAR MASIHIndependent · IND8821.7%
- 6AHMAIndependent · IND6751.3%
- 7CHANAN SINGHNCO · NCO4040.8%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −39.6%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 33.0%
- IND share
- 7.2% → 31.2%
- Turnout
- — → —