Constituency
98. Dharamkot
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1977
PB-DHARAMKOT
CPI 37.4%won by 2.4%IND 35.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 2.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 37.4% of the vote here (+37.4%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.0% — it polled just 1.0% in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.5% between them, down from 99.0% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
41,054
Margin
981
2.39%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1SARWAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI15,37037.4%
- 2MUKHTIAR SINGH S/O THEJA SINGHIndependent · IND14,38935.0%
- 3MUKHTIAR SINGH S/O BHAGAT SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD10,47925.5%
- 4DALIP SINGHIndependent · IND4291.0%
- 5SOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND2920.7%
- 6RAJIndependent · IND950.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SAD
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–IND swing
- +3.4%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 37.4%
- IND share
- 1.0% → 35.0%
- Turnout
- — → —