Constituency
342. Ropar
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-ROPAR
SAD 57.3%won by 17.1%INC 40.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 17.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SAD vote shareSAD went from 39.8% to 57.3% of the vote here (+17.5%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 14.9% to 75.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,37,090
Turnout
75.7%
Valid votes
4,82,007
Margin
82,572
17.13%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SAD- 1BASANT SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD2,76,41857.3%
- 2BUTA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,93,84640.2%
- 3BALAKI RAMIndependent · IND6,4211.3%
- 4KAKA SINGHIndependent · IND5,3221.1%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SADflipped
- SAD–INC swing
- +30.1%
- SAD share
- 39.8% → 57.3%
- INC share
- 52.8% → 40.2%
- Turnout
- 60.8% → 75.7%