Constituency
345. Sangrur
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-SANGRUR
SAD 64.5%won by 36.6%INC 28.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 36.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SAD vote shareSAD went from 37.9% to 64.5% of the vote here (+26.6%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 75.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.8% to 72.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,22,238
Turnout
72.5%
Valid votes
4,51,391
Margin
1,65,049
36.56%
Candidates
7 contested · winner SAD- 1SURJIT SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD2,91,37164.5%
- 2RANJIT SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,26,32228.0%
- 3RACHPAL SINGHIndependent · IND9,5522.1%
- 4KAPURA RAMIndependent · IND9,4092.1%
- 5MIT SINGHIndependent · IND7,7351.7%
- 6KARTAR SINGHIndependent · IND3,7930.8%
- 7AMAR SINGHIndependent · IND3,2090.7%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- SADflipped
- SAD–INC swing
- −1.4%
- SAD share
- 37.9% → 64.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- 59.7% → 72.5%