Election
Constituency

27. Verka

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1972

PB-VERKA

INC 57.3%won by 17.8%SAD 39.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.8% to 17.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.8% of the vote between them, up from 70.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
44,426
Margin
7,898
17.78%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GURMEJ SINGHIndian National Congress · INC25,45857.3%
  2. 2KHAZAN SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD17,56039.5%
  3. 3HAZARA SINGHJMD · JMD1,4083.2%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSAD swing
+14.9%
INC share
36.4% 57.3%
SAD share
33.6% 39.5%
Turnout