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93. Sunam

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1972

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SAD 30.5%won by 1.0%INC 29.5%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.2% to 1.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 25.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.0% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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
48,558
Margin
489
1.01%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1GURBACHAN SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD14,82030.5%
  2. 2KRISHAN CHANDIndian National Congress · INC14,33129.5%
  3. 3BHAGWAN SINGHIndependent · IND12,82026.4%
  4. 4BALBIR SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM5,01110.3%
  5. 5GURMUKH SINGHIndependent · IND1,5763.2%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–INC swing
−10.2%
SAD share
55.6% → 30.5%
INC share
44.4% → 29.5%
Turnout
— → —
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