Constituency
19. Amritsar South
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1977
PB-AMRITSAR-SOUTH
JNP 59.6%won by 21.9%INC 37.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 21.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 59.6% of the vote here (+59.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.4% of the vote between them, up from 69.3% — 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
54,389
Margin
11,929
21.93%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1KIRPAL SINGHJanata Party · JNP32,44359.6%
- 2PIRTHIPAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC20,51437.7%
- 3SUKHDEV RAJ PARDESIIndependent · IND5481.0%
- 4RAM RACHHPALIndependent · IND3030.6%
- 5SANTOIndependent · IND2400.4%
- 6RACHHPAL SINGHIndependent · IND1970.4%
- 7PIARA SINGH KARIRIndependent · IND1440.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +59.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 59.6%
- INC share
- 37.1% → 37.7%
- Turnout
- — → —