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Constituency

64. Qila Raipur

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1972

PB-QILA-RAIPUR

SAD 46.5%won by 2.8%SAG 43.6%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.6% to 2.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSAG (SAG) finished second with 43.6% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.1% between them, down from 97.3% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
54,786
Margin
1,553
2.83%

Candidates

4 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1ARJAN SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD25,45946.5%
  2. 2JAGDEV SINGHSAG · SAG23,90643.6%
  3. 3ANIL PARTABIndependent · IND4,4788.2%
  4. 4GURBACHAN SINGHRPI · RPI9431.7%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SADSAG swing
−63.6%
SAD share
66.4% 46.5%
SAG share
0.0% 43.6%
Turnout