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Constituency

365. Phillaur

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967

IN-PHILLAUR

INC 41.3%won by 9.5%RPI 31.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.1% to 9.5%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerRPI (RPI) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1962.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.2% between them, down from 93.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.3% to 68.3%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
4,81,616
Turnout
68.3%
Valid votes
3,29,026
Margin
31,286
9.51%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1S. RAMIndian National Congress · INC1,36,04641.3%
  2. 2D. CHANDRPI · RPI1,04,76031.8%
  3. 3M. SINGHADM · ADM35,44010.8%
  4. 4R.S. DASIndependent · IND32,0989.8%
  5. 5T. RAMIndependent · IND20,6826.3%

Since 1962

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCRPI swing
−38.7%
INC share
48.2% 41.3%
RPI share
0.0% 31.8%
Turnout
64.0% 68.3%