Constituency
31. Batala
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1972
PB-BATALA
INC 54.2%won by 21.6%BJS 32.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 45.4% to 54.2% of the vote here (+8.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.9% between them, down from 94.4% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
43,924
Margin
9,466
21.55%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1VISHWA MITTARIndian National Congress · INC23,80854.2%
- 2GURBACHAN SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS14,34232.7%
- 3SOLAKHAN SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,7466.3%
- 4GOPAL KRISHANIndependent · IND2,6926.1%
- 5DALJIT SINGHIndependent · IND3360.8%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +25.1%
- INC share
- 45.4% → 54.2%
- BJS share
- 48.9% → 32.7%
- Turnout
- — → —