Constituency
145. Ambala
Community mirrorHaryana · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-AMBALA
INC 68.4%won by 42.5%BJS 25.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 42.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 37.7% to 68.4% of the vote here (+30.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.2% of the vote between them, up from 78.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 10.2% to 58.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,90,572
Turnout
58.7%
Valid votes
2,87,719
Margin
1,22,276
42.50%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAM PRAKASHIndian National Congress · INC1,96,70968.4%
- 2SURAJ BHANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS74,43325.9%
- 3GURBACHAN SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD9,4133.3%
- 4SOHEL SINGHIndependent · IND7,1642.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +45.2%
- INC share
- 37.7% → 68.4%
- BJS share
- 40.5% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- 68.8% → 58.7%