Constituency

161. Ladakh

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Jammu & Kashmir · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-LADAKH

INC 55.4%won by 10.8%IND 44.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 10.8%.

New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 44.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout rose 71.2% to 71.2%.

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

Electorate

52,654

Turnout

71.2%

Valid votes

37,509

Margin

4,057

10.82%