Constituency
329. Bhatinda
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-BHATINDA
CPI 51.5%won by 6.8%SAD 44.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: ADS (ADS) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 6.8%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 51.5% of the vote here (+51.5%).
- New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 44.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.1% of the vote between them, up from 74.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 14.2% to 50.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,31,021
Turnout
50.5%
Valid votes
2,68,362
Margin
18,323
6.83%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPI- 1BHAN SINGH BHAURACommunist Party of India · CPI1,38,09251.5%
- 2BHAGAT SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD1,19,76944.6%
- 3SHIV RAMIndependent · IND3,1471.2%
- 4JANGIR SINGHIndependent · IND2,7931.0%
- 5CHET RAMIndependent · IND1,8530.7%
- 6SANT RAMIndependent · IND1,7730.7%
- 7MEHAR CHANDIndependent · IND9350.3%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- ADS
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–SAD swing
- +6.8%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 51.5%
- SAD share
- 0.0% → 44.6%
- Turnout
- 64.7% → 50.5%