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Punjab Assembly Election, 1972

104 seats · 61 changed party since 1969

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Party standings

Punjab Assembly Election, 1972 · 5 parties won seats

Derived

INC66
SAD24
CPI10
IND3
CPM1

Ring and figures are seats won.

Party	Seats	Votes	Vote share	Contested
INCIndian National Congress	6663%	20,83,390	42.8%	88
SADShiromani Akali Dal	2423%	13,44,437	27.6%	72
CPICommunist Party of India	1010%	3,16,722	6.5%	13
INDIndependent	33%	5,97,917	12.3%	205
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)	11%	1,58,309	3.3%	17
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh	00%	2,41,547	5.0%	33

+ 8 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Punjab Assembly Election, 1972 · winner by seat

117 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 53

1972 · selected

Majority 53

INC66SAD24CPI10IND3CPM1

1969 · previous

Majority 53

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1969 → 1972

1969 1972· by party

50%38%25%13%0%

39.2

42.8

29.4

27.6

4.8

6.5

8.9

12.3

3.1

3.3

9.0

5.0

INCSADCPIINDCPMBJS

Seat change

1972 seats minus 1969 seats

seats lostseats gained

INC

38 → 66

+28

SAD

43 → 24

−19

CPI

4 → 10

IND

4 → 3

−1

CPM

2 → 1

−1

BJS

8 → 0

−8

SWA

1 → 0

−1

SSP

2 → 0

−2

PJP

1 → 0

−1

PSP

1 → 0

−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1969 → 1972

share lostshare gained

INC

39.2% → 42.8%

+3.7%

IND

8.9% → 12.3%

+3.4%

CPI

4.8% → 6.5%

+1.7%

SOP

0.0% → 0.9%

+0.9%

SAG

0.0% → 0.9%

+0.9%

RPA

0.5% → 0.0%

−0.5%

PSP

0.5% → 0.0%

−0.5%

SSP

0.8% → 0.0%

−0.8%

RPI

1.1% → 0.2%

−0.9%

SWA

0.9% → 0.0%

−0.9%

Biggest INC–SAD swings

Seats where the INC-vs-SAD vote gap moved most, 1969 → 1972. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − SAD share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward SAD.

toward SADtoward INC

Nihal Singh Wala

−102.1%

Dhuri

−83.0%

Nabha

+68.8%

Nawan Shahr

+67.4%

Sherpur

+62.7%

Pakka Kalan

−61.3%

Garhshankar

−61.2%

Phul

−57.8%

Adampur

−57.4%

Jalalabad

−56.3%

Payal

+55.9%

Bhatinda

+54.8%

Closest races · 1972

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1972

104 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1969