Constituency
57. Nurmahal
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1972
PB-NURMAHAL
INC 46.1%won by 21.4%IND 24.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.4%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 24.7% — it polled just 1.3% in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.8% between them, down from 95.7% — the field split more ways.
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
55,656
Margin
11,900
21.38%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1DARSHAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC25,66246.1%
- 2SURINDER PAL SINGHIndependent · IND13,76224.7%
- 3SARWAN SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM13,56424.4%
- 4SAMUELIndependent · IND1,9233.5%
- 5RAJ KUMARIndependent · IND7451.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SAD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −22.3%
- INC share
- 45.0% → 46.1%
- IND share
- 1.3% → 24.7%
- Turnout
- — → —