Constituency
46. Mahilpur
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1977
PB-MAHILPUR
SAD 58.6%won by 25.9%INC 32.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 25.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SAD vote shareSAD went from 37.5% to 58.6% of the vote here (+21.1%).
- Safe seatShiromani Akali Dal won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
40,054
Margin
10,372
25.90%
Candidates
6 contested · winner SAD- 1KARTAR SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD23,48558.6%
- 2RAM RATTANIndian National Congress · INC13,11332.7%
- 3CHANAN RAMIndependent · IND2,6956.7%
- 4RANJIT SINGHIndependent · IND4121.0%
- 5GURMAIL SINGHIndependent · IND2650.7%
- 6SATNAM SINGHIndependent · IND840.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SADflipped
- SAD–INC swing
- +46.2%
- SAD share
- 37.5% → 58.6%
- INC share
- 57.8% → 32.7%
- Turnout
- — → —