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38. Pathankot

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1972

PB-PATHANKOT

INC 60.7%won by 24.2%BJS 36.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.3% to 24.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.3% of the vote between them, up from 70.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
43,305
Margin
10,468
24.17%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC26,30460.7%
  2. 2BASANT SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS15,83636.6%
  3. 3BUTA RAMIndependent · IND8201.9%
  4. 4RAM LALIndependent · IND3450.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+7.9%
INC share
43.5% → 60.7%
BJS share
27.3% → 36.6%
Turnout
— → —
37. Narot Mehra39. Balachaur
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