Constituency
82. Sherpur
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1977
PB-SHERPUR
CPM 64.9%won by 31.3%INC 33.6%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.2% to 31.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.5% of the vote between them, up from 92.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
42,095
Margin
13,155
31.25%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1CHAND SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM27,31864.9%
- 2JOGINDER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC14,16333.6%
- 3SUKHDEV SINGHIndependent · IND6141.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +11.1%
- CPM share
- 56.3% → 64.9%
- INC share
- 36.2% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- — → —