Constituency
45. Garhshankar
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1977
PB-GARHSHANKAR
CPI 49.7%won by 2.7%JNP 46.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.8% to 2.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 46.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.6% of the vote between them, up from 72.6% — 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
41,025
Margin
1,123
2.74%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1DARSHAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI20,37349.7%
- 2BHAGYA CHANDERJanata Party · JNP19,25046.9%
- 3CHANAN RAMIndependent · IND9572.3%
- 4AVTAR SINGHIndependent · IND2450.6%
- 5MOOLA SINGHIndependent · IND2000.5%
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
- −48.0%
- CPI share
- 50.7% → 49.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 46.9%
- Turnout
- — → —