Constituency
17. Amritsar West
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1977
PB-AMRITSAR-WEST
CPI 66.4%won by 35.3%JNP 31.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.0% to 35.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
53,554
Margin
18,912
35.31%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPI- 1SATYA PAL DANGCommunist Party of India · CPI35,55666.4%
- 2KHUSHPAL SINGHJanata Party · JNP16,64431.1%
- 3KARAM CHANDIndependent · IND3280.6%
- 4CHAMAN LALIndependent · IND2760.5%
- 5MEHNGA SINGHIndependent · IND2120.4%
- 6KASTURI LALIndependent · IND2090.4%
- 7GIAN CHANDIndependent · IND1870.3%
- 8SOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND1420.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–JNP swing
- −32.5%
- CPI share
- 67.8% → 66.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.1%
- Turnout
- — → —