Constituency
340. Phillaur
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-PHILLAUR
CPM 61.1%won by 32.9%INC 28.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 32.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 9.5% to 61.1% of the vote here (+51.5%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.6% to 69.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,49,304
Turnout
69.9%
Valid votes
4,53,578
Margin
1,49,031
32.86%
Candidates
9 contested · winner CPM- 1BHAGAT RAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,76,97361.1%
- 2GURCHARAN DASSIndian National Congress · INC1,27,94228.2%
- 3MALKIT CHANDCommunist Party of India · CPI24,3935.4%
- 4CHARAN DASSILP · ILP8,8401.9%
- 5GURBAXIndependent · IND4,0410.9%
- 6CHARANJIT SINGHIndependent · IND4,0340.9%
- 7DALIP SINGHRPK · RPK3,6300.8%
- 8MANOHAR LAL HEERIndependent · IND2,0940.5%
- 9RAM SARAN DASSIndependent · IND1,6310.4%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +83.1%
- CPM share
- 9.5% → 61.1%
- INC share
- 59.8% → 28.2%
- Turnout
- 58.2% → 69.9%