Constituency
89. Lehra
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1977
PB-LEHRA
IND 41.0%won by 6.3%JNP 34.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 6.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 10.6% to 41.0% of the vote here (+30.4%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.7% between them, down from 87.0% — 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
46,319
Margin
2,930
6.33%
Candidates
8 contested · winner IND- 1CHITWANT SINGHIndependent · IND18,99041.0%
- 2BRISH BHANJanata Party · JNP16,06034.7%
- 3KRISHAN CHANDIndian National Congress · INC9,43520.4%
- 4NAZAR SINGHIndependent · IND6361.4%
- 5PARKASH CHANDIndependent · IND5391.2%
- 6HAKAM RAIIndependent · IND2780.6%
- 7SURJITIndependent · IND2730.6%
- 8HARCHAND SINGHIndependent · IND1080.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–JNP swing
- −4.2%
- IND share
- 10.6% → 41.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 34.7%
- Turnout
- — → —