Constituency
13. Nihal Singh Wala
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1972
PB-NIHAL-SINGH-WALA
CPI 50.6%won by 5.7%SAD 44.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 5.7%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 42.8% to 50.6% of the vote here (+7.8%).
- New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 44.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
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
50,535
Margin
2,877
5.69%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1SAGGAR SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI25,57250.6%
- 2GURDEV SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD22,69544.9%
- 3HAMIR SINGHIndependent · IND1,4943.0%
- 4DHARAM DASSIndependent · IND4620.9%
- 5AMRITPAL SINGHIndependent · IND3120.6%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–SAD swing
- −37.1%
- CPI share
- 42.8% → 50.6%
- SAD share
- 0.0% → 44.9%
- Turnout
- — → —