Constituency
343. Patiala
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-PATIALA
SAD 58.6%won by 20.0%INC 38.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 20.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SAD vote shareSAD went from 34.3% to 58.6% of the vote here (+24.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.2% of the vote between them, up from 82.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 14.6% to 74.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,06,187
Turnout
74.7%
Valid votes
4,52,576
Margin
90,317
19.96%
Candidates
8 contested · winner SAD- 1GURCHARAN SING TOHRAShiromani Akali Dal · SAD2,65,11158.6%
- 2AMARENDER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,74,79438.6%
- 3GOPAL CHANDIndependent · IND3,0820.7%
- 4ARJAN SINGHIndependent · IND2,6560.6%
- 5SHER SINGHIndependent · IND2,1630.5%
- 6MOHINDERPAL SINGHIndependent · IND1,9310.4%
- 7GURDIP SINGHIndependent · IND1,7260.4%
- 8SURESH KAPOORIndependent · IND1,1130.2%
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
- +33.5%
- SAD share
- 34.3% → 58.6%
- INC share
- 47.9% → 38.6%
- Turnout
- 60.1% → 74.7%