Constituency
48. Sultanpur
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1972
PB-SULTANPUR
INC 55.8%won by 18.8%SAD 37.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 29.1% to 55.8% of the vote here (+26.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.7% of the vote between them, up from 81.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
55,899
Margin
10,512
18.81%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1SADHU SINGHIndian National Congress · INC31,16755.8%
- 2BALWANT SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD20,65537.0%
- 3GEJIndependent · IND1,4712.6%
- 4NAZIR SINGHIndependent · IND1,3172.4%
- 5HARI SINGHIndependent · IND5351.0%
- 6BALWANT SINGHIndependent · IND4990.9%
- 7BANTAIndependent · IND2550.5%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SAD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SAD swing
- +42.1%
- INC share
- 29.1% → 55.8%
- SAD share
- 52.4% → 37.0%
- Turnout
- — → —