Constituency
87. Malerkotla
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1972
PB-MALERKOTLA
INC 49.5%won by 2.9%SAD 46.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
50,172
Margin
1,432
2.85%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SAJIDA BEGUMIndian National Congress · INC24,85649.5%
- 2ANWARAHMED KHANShiromani Akali Dal · SAD23,42446.7%
- 3BHAJAN SINGHRPI · RPI1,8923.8%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SAD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SAD swing
- +29.3%
- INC share
- 32.4% → 49.5%
- SAD share
- 58.8% → 46.7%
- Turnout
- — → —