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Constituency

72. Nangal

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1972

PB-NANGAL

INC 54.2%won by 19.5%CPM 34.6%

What changed here

Derived

The 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.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
31,874
Margin
6,224
19.53%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+14.5%
INC share
31.9% 54.2%
CPM share
26.9% 34.6%
Turnout