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Constituency

78. Rajpura

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1972

PB-RAJPURA

INC 40.4%won by 9.2%SAD 31.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 32.0% to 40.4% of the vote here (+8.4%).
  • New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 31.2% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.7% between them, down from 89.4% — 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
47,233
Margin
4,343
9.19%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSAD swing
−22.8%
INC share
32.0% 40.4%
SAD share
0.0% 31.2%
Turnout