Constituency
344. Ludhiana
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-LUDHIANA
SAD 59.9%won by 21.0%INC 39.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 21.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SAD vote shareSAD went from 34.8% to 59.9% of the vote here (+25.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.9% of the vote between them, up from 89.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.9% to 74.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,65,954
Turnout
74.2%
Valid votes
4,94,149
Margin
1,03,594
20.96%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SAD- 1JAGDEV SINGH TALWANDIShiromani Akali Dal · SAD2,96,11959.9%
- 2DEVINDER SINGH GARCHAIndian National Congress · INC1,92,52539.0%
- 3KIRPAL SINGH GHURANIIndependent · IND3,5300.7%
- 4SURJIT SINGHJMD · JMD1,9750.4%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SADflipped
- SAD–INC swing
- +40.9%
- SAD share
- 34.8% → 59.9%
- INC share
- 54.8% → 39.0%
- Turnout
- 61.3% → 74.2%