Constituency
341. Hoshiarpur
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-HOSHIARPUR
BLD 61.9%won by 27.4%INC 34.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 27.4%.
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 61.9% of the vote here (+61.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 76.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.7% to 66.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,26,330
Turnout
66.7%
Valid votes
4,17,651
Margin
1,14,617
27.44%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BLD- 1BALBIR SINGHBLD · BLD2,58,73161.9%
- 2DARBARA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,44,11434.5%
- 3BHAGAT SINGHIndependent · IND9,9622.4%
- 4KARNAIL SINGHIndependent · IND3,4110.8%
- 5RAM DASSIndependent · IND1,4330.3%
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
- +81.4%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 61.9%
- INC share
- 53.9% → 34.5%
- Turnout
- 61.0% → 66.7%