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Constituency

87. Malerkotla

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1972

PB-MALERKOTLA

INC 49.5%won by 2.9%SAD 46.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 32.4% to 49.5% of the vote here (+17.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.2% of the vote between them, up from 91.2% — 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
50,172
Margin
1,432
2.85%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSAD swing
+29.3%
INC share
32.4% 49.5%
SAD share
58.8% 46.7%
Turnout