Election
Constituency

65. Dakha

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1972

PB-DAKHA

SAD 52.2%won by 4.5%INC 47.8%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.2% to 4.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 89.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
48,937
Margin
2,193
4.48%

Candidates

2 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1BASANT SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD25,56552.2%
  2. 2HARBANS SINGH SAYANIndian National Congress · INC23,37247.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SADINC swing
−24.7%
SAD share
59.1% 52.2%
INC share
30.0% 47.8%
Turnout