Constituency
60. Nawan Shahr
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1972
PB-NAWAN-SHAHR
INC 68.8%won by 37.6%IND 31.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.4% to 37.6%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 31.2% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
51,286
Margin
19,294
37.62%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1DILBAGH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC35,29068.8%
- 2AMAR CHANDIndependent · IND15,99631.2%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −12.4%
- INC share
- 50.1% → 68.8%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 31.2%
- Turnout
- — → —