Constituency
72. Nangal
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1972
PB-NANGAL
INC 54.2%won by 19.5%CPM 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 19.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.9% to 54.2% of the vote here (+22.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.8% of the vote between them, up from 65.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
31,874
Margin
6,224
19.53%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SARLA PRASHERIndian National Congress · INC17,26554.2%
- 2RAM KISHANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,04134.6%
- 3SUKHDEV SINGHIndependent · IND3,56811.2%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +14.5%
- INC share
- 31.9% → 54.2%
- CPM share
- 26.9% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- — → —