Constituency
88. Sherpur
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1972
PB-SHERPUR
CPM 56.3%won by 20.2%INC 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 20.2%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 56.3% of the vote here (+56.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 79.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
45,571
Margin
9,193
20.17%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1CHAND SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,67456.3%
- 2SURJAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC16,48136.2%
- 3GURCHET SINGHIndependent · IND1,8214.0%
- 4BACHAN KAURIndependent · IND9762.1%
- 5BALVINDER SINGHIndependent · IND6191.4%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SAD
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +46.4%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 56.3%
- INC share
- 26.2% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- — → —