Constituency
48. Sham Chaurasi
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1977
PB-SHAM-CHAURASI
CPM 53.7%won by 14.3%INC 39.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 14.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 41.1% to 53.7% of the vote here (+12.6%).
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
42,880
Margin
6,145
14.33%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1DEV RAJ NASRALACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM23,03353.7%
- 2BHAGAT GURAN DASSIndian National Congress · INC16,88839.4%
- 3GURDEV SINGHIndependent · IND1,0502.4%
- 4CHAMAN SINGHIndependent · IND8041.9%
- 5GURJUMAN RAMIndependent · IND4541.1%
- 6BHAGAT RAMIndependent · IND4211.0%
- 7DEV RAJ QILA BAIRUNIndependent · IND2300.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +27.0%
- CPM share
- 41.1% → 53.7%
- INC share
- 53.8% → 39.4%
- Turnout
- — → —