Constituency
114. Chandigarh
Community mirrorChandigarh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-CHANDIGARH
BLD 66.1%won by 37.8%INC 28.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 37.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 66.1% of the vote here (+66.1%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.6% to 66.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,60,963
Turnout
66.5%
Valid votes
1,07,081
Margin
40,426
37.75%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BLD- 1KRISHNA KANTBLD · BLD70,80866.1%
- 2SAT PALIndian National Congress · INC30,38228.4%
- 3SHEILA DIDICommunist Party of India · CPI2,4812.3%
- 4PREM SINGHIndependent · IND1,8861.8%
- 5GURCHARAN SINGHIndependent · IND3840.4%
- 6RAM CHANDIndependent · IND2940.3%
- 7SURJIT SINGHIndependent · IND2720.3%
- 8RAJEEV MITTALIndependent · IND2470.2%
- 9BABU RAM BANSALIndependent · IND2450.2%
- 10MUKHTIAR SINGHIndependent · IND820.1%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +104.6%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 66.1%
- INC share
- 66.9% → 28.4%
- Turnout
- 62.0% → 66.5%