Constituency
361. Amritsar
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-AMRITSAR
BJS 31.8%won by 3.4%INC 28.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 3.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 0.0% to 31.8% of the vote here (+31.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.1% between them, down from 74.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.7% to 71.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,59,126
Turnout
71.4%
Valid votes
3,27,638
Margin
11,275
3.44%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJS- 1Y.D. SHARMABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,04,03531.8%
- 2S.S. MAJITHIAIndian National Congress · INC92,76028.3%
- 3N.S. SARKARIAADS · ADS53,34116.3%
- 4D. SINGHADM · ADM39,78812.1%
- 5H. SINGHIndependent · IND30,3149.3%
- 6G. SINGHIndependent · IND7,4002.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–INC swing
- +43.2%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 31.8%
- INC share
- 39.8% → 28.3%
- Turnout
- 68.7% → 71.4%