Constituency
93. Jalalabad
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1977
PB-JALALABAD
CPI 62.1%won by 36.9%IND 25.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 55.3% to 36.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 25.2% — it polled just 1.8% in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.2% between them, down from 94.9% — 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
48,204
Margin
17,795
36.92%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1MEHTAB SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI29,92662.1%
- 2RAJINDER SINGHIndependent · IND12,13125.2%
- 3MOHINDER SINGH S/O SURJAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP4,7369.8%
- 4SHER SINGHIndependent · IND7861.6%
- 5MUKHTIAR SINGHIndependent · IND4130.9%
- 6MOHNDER SINGH S/O BAJA SINGHIndependent · IND2120.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–IND swing
- −36.4%
- CPI share
- 75.1% → 62.1%
- IND share
- 1.8% → 25.2%
- Turnout
- — → —