Constituency
100. Bhatinda
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1972
PB-BHATINDA
INC 50.6%won by 16.8%IND 33.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.0% to 50.6% of the vote here (+19.6%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.5% of the vote between them, up from 66.2% — 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
43,578
Margin
7,302
16.76%
Candidates
12 contested · winner INC- 1KESHO RAMIndian National Congress · INC22,06650.6%
- 2DEWAN CHANDIndependent · IND14,76433.9%
- 3GIRDHAI LALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,3007.6%
- 4RAM SINGHIndependent · IND8912.0%
- 5VED PRAKASHIndependent · IND8552.0%
- 6NANAK CHANDIndependent · IND4831.1%
- 7MOHINDER SINGHIndependent · IND4040.9%
- 8HARI RAMIndependent · IND2530.6%
- 9BHAGWANT DASSIndependent · IND1830.4%
- 10KRISHAN CHANDIndependent · IND1660.4%
- 11SHIV RAMIndependent · IND1270.3%
- 12SEVA DASSIndependent · IND860.2%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SAD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- +0.5%
- INC share
- 31.0% → 50.6%
- IND share
- 14.8% → 33.9%
- Turnout
- — → —