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68. Kum Kalan

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1972

PB-KUM-KALAN

INC 52.8%won by 14.0%SAD 38.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 39.2% to 52.8% of the vote here (+13.6%).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
68,480
Margin
9,599
14.02%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RATTAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC36,18652.8%
  2. 2DHANRAJ SINGH GILLShiromani Akali Dal · SAD26,58738.8%
  3. 3HARI SINGHIndependent · IND4,1346.0%
  4. 4SATWANT SINGHIndependent · IND5870.9%
  5. 5GURDIAL SINGHIndependent · IND5750.8%
  6. 6LAKHMIR SINGHIndependent · IND2480.4%
  7. 7SUNDAR SINGHSOP · SOP1630.2%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–SAD swing
+24.9%
INC share
39.2% → 52.8%
SAD share
50.1% → 38.8%
Turnout
— → —
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