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325. Ludhiana

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-LUDHIANA

INC 54.8%won by 20.0%SAD 34.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.6% to 20.0%.

  • New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 34.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.6% of the vote between them, up from 69.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 8.4% to 61.3%.

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

Electorate
5,97,432
Turnout
61.3%
Valid votes
3,66,294
Margin
73,106
19.96%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DEVINDER SINGH GARCHAIndian National Congress · INC2,00,59754.8%
  2. 2KAPUR SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD1,27,49134.8%
  3. 3VISHWA NATHANBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS24,2056.6%
  4. 4BUTA RAM AZADIndependent · IND6,7981.9%
  5. 5BALBIR SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,1870.9%
  6. 6GIRDHARI LALSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP2,8990.8%
  7. 7RAJINDER PRAKASH HORAIndependent · IND1,1170.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SAD swing
−16.6%
INC share
36.6% → 54.8%
SAD share
0.0% → 34.8%
Turnout
69.7% → 61.3%
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