Constituency
101. Nihal Singh Wala
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1980
PB-NIHAL-SINGH-WALA
CPI 42.2%won by 7.6%IND 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 7.6%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 46.8% to 42.2% of the vote here (−4.7%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 34.6% — it polled just 1.3% in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.7% between them, down from 98.7% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
53,184
Margin
4,036
7.59%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1SAGHAR SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI22,42742.2%
- 2JORA SINGHIndependent · IND18,39134.6%
- 3MUKHTIAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC11,26221.2%
- 4SHINGARA SINGHIndependent · IND1,1042.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- SAD
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–IND swing
- −38.0%
- CPI share
- 46.8% → 42.2%
- IND share
- 1.3% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- — → —