Constituency
40. Garhshankar
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1972
PB-GARHSHANKAR
CPI 50.7%won by 28.8%SAD 21.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 28.8%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 35.6% to 50.7% of the vote here (+15.1%).
- New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 21.9% — 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
48,185
Margin
13,899
28.85%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1DARSHAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI24,45050.7%
- 2BALDEV SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD10,55121.9%
- 3KUSHAL SINGHIndependent · IND9,35519.4%
- 4BHAGAT SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,5175.2%
- 5MOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,3122.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–SAD swing
- −6.8%
- CPI share
- 35.6% → 50.7%
- SAD share
- 0.0% → 21.9%
- Turnout
- — → —