Constituency
321. Gurdaspur
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-GURDASPUR
INC 62.6%won by 31.8%NCO 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.8% to 31.8%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.4% of the vote between them, up from 56.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 13.2% to 54.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,38,901
Turnout
54.8%
Valid votes
2,95,123
Margin
93,847
31.80%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1PRABODH CHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC1,84,78862.6%
- 2MOHAN LALNCO · NCO90,94130.8%
- 3PRITAM SINGHIndependent · IND19,3946.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- +0.1%
- INC share
- 31.7% → 62.6%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- 68.0% → 54.8%