Constituency
337. Amritsar
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-AMRITSAR
BLD 49.9%won by 5.3%INC 44.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 5.3%.
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 49.9% of the vote here (+49.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.6% of the vote between them, up from 76.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.0% to 70.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,74,907
Turnout
70.7%
Valid votes
4,76,813
Margin
25,041
5.25%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1BALDEV PARKASHBLD · BLD2,38,02049.9%
- 2RAGHUNANDAN LALIndian National Congress · INC2,12,97944.7%
- 3BARKAT MASIHIndependent · IND16,9853.6%
- 4PIARA SINGH KARIRIndependent · IND3,5070.7%
- 5JOGINDER PAL SINGH KUNDRAIndependent · IND2,7370.6%
- 6RAVINDER KUMARIndependent · IND2,5850.5%
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
- +58.6%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 49.9%
- INC share
- 53.4% → 44.7%
- Turnout
- 66.7% → 70.7%