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322. Hoshiarpur

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-HOSHIARPUR

INC 53.9%won by 31.5%SAD 22.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.5% to 31.5%.

  • New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 22.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.3% of the vote between them, up from 58.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.3% to 61.0%.

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

Electorate
5,24,148
Turnout
61.0%
Valid votes
3,19,858
Margin
1,00,835
31.52%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DARBARA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,72,45153.9%
  2. 2KARTAR SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD71,61622.4%
  3. 3YAGYA DATTBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS38,56012.1%
  4. 4BALBIR SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP23,3487.3%
  5. 5HUKAM CHANDIndependent · IND4,7011.5%
  6. 6GURBACHAN SINGHIndependent · IND4,6251.4%
  7. 7BUJHAIndependent · IND2,0030.6%
  8. 8JAGDISH SINGHIndependent · IND1,7790.6%
  9. 9BHAGAT SINGHIndependent · IND7750.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SAD swing
+2.3%
INC share
29.3% → 53.9%
SAD share
0.0% → 22.4%
Turnout
66.3% → 61.0%
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