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Constituency

11. Zira

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1972

PB-ZIRA

INC 33.0%won by 1.8%IND 31.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
52,443
Margin
952
1.82%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−39.6%
INC share
48.6% 33.0%
IND share
7.2% 31.2%
Turnout