Constituency
320. Amritsar
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-AMRITSAR
INC 53.4%won by 30.2%SAD 23.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 30.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 28.3% to 53.4% of the vote here (+25.1%).
- New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 23.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.6% of the vote between them, up from 60.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.7% to 66.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,12,028
Turnout
66.7%
Valid votes
3,41,269
Margin
1,02,941
30.16%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1DURGA DAS BHATIAIndian National Congress · INC1,82,17753.4%
- 2KARNAIL SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD79,23623.2%
- 3BALDEV PARKASHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS74,20821.7%
- 4RAVINDER KUMAR SETHIIndependent · IND2,6450.8%
- 5BALVINDER SIGH BOMBIndependent · IND1,7920.5%
- 6SAMUAL MALIndependent · IND8740.3%
- 7HARBHAJAN SINGHIndependent · IND3370.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SAD swing
- +1.9%
- INC share
- 28.3% → 53.4%
- SAD share
- 0.0% → 23.2%
- Turnout
- 71.4% → 66.7%