Constituency
18. Valtoha
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1972
PB-VALTOHA
CPI 51.5%won by 29.8%SAD 21.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 29.8%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 15.8% to 51.5% of the vote here (+35.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.2% of the vote between them, up from 55.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
46,127
Margin
13,739
29.79%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1ARJAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI23,74851.5%
- 2JAGIR SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD10,00921.7%
- 3HAZARA SINGHIndependent · IND9,30320.2%
- 4SURAT SINGHIndependent · IND2,4635.3%
- 5NARESH KUMARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6041.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–SAD swing
- +41.7%
- CPI share
- 15.8% → 51.5%
- SAD share
- 27.8% → 21.7%
- Turnout
- — → —