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Punjab Lok Sabha 1971

Results board · 13 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StatePunjab
Seats
13
Constituencies
Majority
7
Seats needed of 13
Electors
69.50L
On the roll
Votes polled
41.63L
59.9% of electors
Median turnout
61.6%
Median of 13 seats
INC lead
+3
Above majority · 10 − 7

[01]Seat matrix

13 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 13 seats: INC 10, CPI 2, SAD 1. Majority line at 7 seats. Hemicycle of 13 seats: INC 10, CPI 2, SAD 1. Majority line at 7 seats.
Majority · 7 of 13INC 10 · +3 above majority
INC 1076.9% Indian National Congress
CPI 215.4% Communist Party of India
SAD 17.7% Shiromani Akali Dal

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 46.0%10 seats · 76.9%
SAD 30.8%1 seat · 7.7%
CPI 6.2%2 seats · 15.4%
NCO 4.6%0 seats
BJS 4.4%0 seats
Others 8.0%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 46.0% of votes into 76.9% of seats, a seat premium of 30.9 pp.

    10 ÷ 13 = 76.9% · 76.9 − 46.0 = +30.9

  2. SAD polled 30.8% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 1 seat (7.7%).

    1 ÷ 13 = 7.7% · 7.7 − 30.8 = −23.1

  3. Sangrur was decided by 210 votes, the closest of 13 seats; Phillaur had the widest margin, 1,05,658.

    min / max of margin over 13 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; CPI won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 13 · CPI 1

  5. Turnout ran from 51.8% in Bhatinda to 67.6% in Amritsar; the median seat polled 61.6%.

    min / median / max over 13 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

13 of 13 seats carry a turnout
025507510061.6%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 538.5% of seats
60–70 861.5% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestBhatinda51.8%
  • HighestAmritsar67.6%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

13 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Punjab Lok Sabha 1971, all 13 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
297 Fazilka Gurdas Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 3,51,323 5,323 1.5 64.3
298 Ferozepur Mohinder Singh Indian National Congress 2,90,318 52,926 18.2 54.0
299 Tarn Taran Girdial Singh Dhillon Indian National Congress 3,10,890 59,980 19.3 53.2
300 Amritsar Durga Das Bhatia Indian National Congress 3,46,287 1,02,941 29.7 67.6
301 Gurdaspur Prabodh Chandra Indian National Congress 3,01,337 93,847 31.1 55.9
302 Hoshiarpur Darbara Singh Indian National Congress 3,27,544 1,00,835 30.8 62.5
303 Jullundur Swaran Singh Indian National Congress 3,23,374 93,469 28.9 63.4
304 PhillaurSCWIDEST Sadhu Ram Indian National Congress 3,10,909 1,05,658 34.0 59.6
305 Ludhiana Devinder Singh Garcha Indian National Congress 3,72,487 73,106 19.6 62.4
306 RoparSC Buta Singh Indian National Congress 3,25,587 41,250 12.7 62.1
307 Patiala Sat Pal Indian National Congress 3,15,949 41,697 13.2 61.6
308 SangrurCLOSEST Teja Singh Communist Party of India 3,12,136 210 0.1 61.2
309 BhatindaSC Bhan Singh Bhaura Communist Party of India 2,75,026 18,323 6.7 51.8
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,05,658 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1971 · Punjab · 13 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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