Constituency
346. Bhatinda
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BHATINDA
SAD 61.8%won by 41.2%INC 20.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 41.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SAD vote shareSAD went from 44.6% to 61.8% of the vote here (+17.2%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 20.6% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.4% between them, down from 96.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 19.4% to 70.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,07,613
Turnout
70.0%
Valid votes
4,25,144
Margin
1,75,311
41.24%
Candidates
6 contested · winner SAD- 1DHANNA SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD2,62,86461.8%
- 2GULZAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC87,55320.6%
- 3BHAN SINGH BHAURACommunist Party of India · CPI62,63914.7%
- 4BILLU ALIAS VED PARKASHIndependent · IND5,0721.2%
- 5CHET RAMIndependent · IND4,2961.0%
- 6PRITAM KAUR TEJIIndependent · IND2,7200.6%
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
- −3.4%
- SAD share
- 44.6% → 61.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 20.6%
- Turnout
- 50.5% → 70.0%