Constituency
73. Dakala
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1977
PB-DAKALA
INC 34.0%won by 1.2%JNP 32.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 40.6% to 34.0% of the vote here (−6.6%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.8% between them, down from 88.8% — the field split more ways.
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
49,792
Margin
605
1.22%
Candidates
12 contested · winner INC- 1LAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC16,93034.0%
- 2TEJA SINGHJanata Party · JNP16,32532.8%
- 3KARANBIR SINGHIndependent · IND10,88121.9%
- 4GIAN CHANDIndependent · IND1,6643.3%
- 5DHARAM SINGHIndependent · IND9381.9%
- 6GURDEEP SINGHIndependent · IND7911.6%
- 7TIRATH SINGHIndependent · IND7131.4%
- 8CHAMAN LALIndependent · IND4400.9%
- 9DALIP SINGHIndependent · IND3310.7%
- 10JAGDEEP SINGHIndependent · IND3140.6%
- 11SURINDER NATHIndependent · IND2640.5%
- 12BEANT SINGHIndependent · IND2010.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SAD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −39.4%
- INC share
- 40.6% → 34.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 32.8%
- Turnout
- — → —