Constituency
324. Phillaur
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-PHILLAUR
INC 59.8%won by 34.8%SAD 25.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.5% to 34.8%.
- New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 25.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.7% of the vote between them, up from 73.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 10.1% to 58.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,21,465
Turnout
58.2%
Valid votes
3,03,598
Margin
1,05,658
34.80%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SADHU RAMIndian National Congress · INC1,81,43859.8%
- 2HARI SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD75,78025.0%
- 3DHANPAT RAICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM28,9839.5%
- 4ANANT RAM BADHANRPK · RPK9,7523.2%
- 5GURBAKSHIndependent · IND7,6452.5%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SAD swing
- −6.5%
- INC share
- 41.3% → 59.8%
- SAD share
- 0.0% → 25.0%
- Turnout
- 68.3% → 58.2%