Constituency
368. Patiala
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-PATIALA
INC 60.1%won by 34.9%CPI 25.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.0% to 34.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.5% to 68.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,60,603
Turnout
68.5%
Valid votes
3,15,610
Margin
1,10,210
34.92%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1M. KAURIndian National Congress · INC1,89,82560.1%
- 2T. SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI79,61525.2%
- 3S. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA36,45511.6%
- 4I. KAURIndependent · IND9,7153.1%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −11.7%
- INC share
- 46.6% → 60.1%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 25.2%
- Turnout
- 64.0% → 68.5%