Constituency
110. Chandigarh
Community mirrorChandigarh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-CHANDIGARH
INC 66.9%won by 43.5%BJS 23.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 43.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 23.0% to 66.9% of the vote here (+43.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.2% of the vote between them, up from 71.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.5% to 62.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,16,685
Turnout
62.0%
Valid votes
72,302
Margin
31,481
43.54%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1AMAR NATH VIDYALANKARIndian National Congress · INC48,33566.9%
- 2SHRI CHAND GOYALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS16,85423.3%
- 3KANTI PRAKASHIndependent · IND4,6976.5%
- 4ROOP CHANDIndependent · IND9171.3%
- 5RAVI MAYORIndependent · IND3700.5%
- 6OM PRAKASH CHOPRAIndependent · IND2650.4%
- 7MOHINDER SINGHIndependent · IND2390.3%
- 8MAHABIR SINGHIndependent · IND1990.3%
- 9BALDEV RAJ KAPOORVHP · VHP1530.2%
- 10MOHAN SINGH DUGALIndependent · IND1480.2%
- 11RAM PIARAIndependent · IND1250.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +69.2%
- INC share
- 23.0% → 66.9%
- BJS share
- 48.7% → 23.3%
- Turnout
- 64.5% → 62.0%