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Constituency

321. Gurdaspur

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-GURDASPUR

INC 62.6%won by 31.8%NCO 30.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
  1. 1PRABODH CHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC1,84,78862.6%
  2. 2MOHAN LALNCO · NCO90,94130.8%
  3. 3PRITAM SINGHIndependent · IND19,3946.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNCO swing
+0.1%
INC share
31.7% 62.6%
NCO share
0.0% 30.8%
Turnout
68.0% 54.8%