Results/Vidhan Sabha/Punjab/1972
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State board · Vidhan Sabha
Punjab Vidhan Sabha 1972
Results board · 104 constituencies
HouseVidhan Sabha
StatePunjab
Seats
104
Constituencies
Majority
53
Seats needed of 104
Electors
72.45L
On the roll
Votes polled
48.64L
67.1% of electors
Median turnout
68.4%
Median of 104 seats
INC lead
+13
Above majority · 66 − 53
[01]Seat matrix
Majority · 53 of 104INC 66 · +13 above majority
INC
6663.5%
Indian National Congress
SAD
2423.1%
Shiromani Akali Dal
CPI
109.6%
Communist Party of India
IND
32.9%
Independents
CPI(M)
11.0%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
[02]Vote share
The source carries no state-level vote share for Punjab 1972.
Alliances
Not in the source for this election.
[03]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
Kartarpur was decided by 0 votes, the closest of 104 seats; Jalalabad had the widest margin, 27,186.
min / max of margin over 104 seats with a recorded margin -
4 seats were won by a margin under 1%; INC won 2 of them.
count(margin % < 1.0) = 4 of 103 · INC 2 -
In SC-reserved seats INC won 13 of 23 (56.5%), against 63.5% of all seats.
13 ÷ 23 = 56.5% · 66 ÷ 104 = 63.5% -
Turnout ran from 0.0% in Kartarpur to 83.2% in Nabha; the median seat polled 68.4%.
min / median / max over 104 seats with a recorded turnout
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[04]Turnout
< 50%
11.0% of seats
50–60
109.6% of seats
60–70
5149.0% of seats
70–80
4139.4% of seats
≥ 80%
11.0% of seats
- LowestKartarpur0.0%
- HighestNabha83.2%
- NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded
[05]Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes polled | Margin | Margin % | Turnout % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | MuktsarSC | Ujagar Singh | Indian National Congress | 44,048 | 7,226 | 16.4 | 55.0 |
| 02 | Giddar Baha | Parkash Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 52,701 | 9,311 | 17.7 | 76.7 |
| 03 | Malout | Gurbinder Kaur | Indian National Congress | 48,904 | 11,676 | 23.9 | 72.6 |
| 04 | RambiSC | Dana Ram | Communist Party of India | 35,218 | 837 | 2.4 | 56.9 |
| 05 | Abohar | Bal Ram | Indian National Congress | 46,695 | 14,889 | 31.9 | 67.4 |
| 06 | Fazilka | Kanshi Ram | Indian National Congress | 43,853 | 14,464 | 33.0 | 68.7 |
| 07 | JalalabadWIDEST | Mehtab Singh | Communist Party of India | 49,131 | 27,186 | 55.3 | 60.7 |
| 08 | Guru Har Sahai | Lachhman Singh | Indian National Congress | 42,766 | 24,776 | 57.9 | 61.5 |
| 09 | Ferozepur | Bal Mukand | Indian National Congress | 41,621 | 3,667 | 8.8 | 67.1 |
| 10 | Ferozepur Cantonment | Mohinder Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 36,053 | 144 | 0.4 | 69.9 |
| 11 | Zira | Nasib Singh | Indian National Congress | 52,443 | 952 | 1.8 | 72.5 |
| 12 | Dharamkot | Kulwant Kaur | Shiromani Akali Dal | 54,044 | 4,968 | 9.2 | 73.6 |
| 13 | Nihal Singh WalaSC | Saggar Singh | Communist Party of India | 50,535 | 2,877 | 5.7 | 67.7 |
| 14 | Moga | Gurdev Kaur | Indian National Congress | 54,914 | 4,146 | 7.6 | 73.6 |
| 15 | Bagha Purana | Gurcharan Singh | Indian National Congress | 52,200 | 1,536 | 2.9 | 66.4 |
| 16 | Khadoor Sahib | Jaswant Kaur | Indian National Congress | 50,698 | 4,206 | 8.3 | 64.8 |
| 17 | Patti | Surinder Singh | Indian National Congress | 49,617 | 17,112 | 34.5 | 63.2 |
| 18 | Valtoha | Arjan Singh | Communist Party of India | 46,127 | 13,739 | 29.8 | 64.4 |
| 19 | AtariSC | Gurdit Singh | Indian National Congress | 41,041 | 13,999 | 34.1 | 53.9 |
| 20 | Tarn Taran | Dilbag Singh | Indian National Congress | 54,852 | 11,769 | 21.5 | 71.9 |
| 21 | Beas | Sohan Singh | Indian National Congress | 47,734 | 8,182 | 17.1 | 63.3 |
| 22 | JandialaSC | Karnail Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 38,171 | 1,200 | 3.1 | 52.9 |
| 23 | Amritsar East | Gian Chand Kharbanda | Indian National Congress | 37,462 | 8,743 | 23.3 | 66.9 |
| 24 | Amritsar South | Pirthipal Singh | Indian National Congress | 44,190 | 2,162 | 4.9 | 69.6 |
| 25 | Amritsar Central | Partap Chand | Indian National Congress | 41,135 | 1,521 | 3.7 | 68.8 |
| 26 | Amritsar West | Sat Pal | Communist Party of India | 43,905 | 16,693 | 38.0 | 60.4 |
| 27 | VerkaSC | Gurmej Singh | Indian National Congress | 44,426 | 7,898 | 17.8 | 58.8 |
| 28 | Majitha | Kirpal Singh | Indian National Congress | 53,318 | 240 | 0.5 | 68.5 |
| 29 | Ajnala | Har Charan Singh | Indian National Congress | 56,963 | 25,127 | 44.1 | 72.3 |
| 30 | Fatehgarh | Santokh Singh | Indian National Congress | 50,350 | 5,780 | 11.5 | 70.7 |
| 31 | Batala | Vishwa Mittar | Indian National Congress | 43,924 | 9,466 | 21.6 | 69.7 |
| 32 | Sirihargobindpur | Waryam Singh | Indian National Congress | 41,937 | 3,829 | 9.1 | 60.8 |
| 33 | Qadian | Satnam Singh Bajwa | Shiromani Akali Dal | 51,523 | 77 | 0.2 | 72.7 |
| 34 | Dhariwal | Raj Kumar | Communist Party of India | 49,234 | 5,363 | 10.9 | 69.0 |
| 35 | Gurdaspur | Khushal Bahl | Indian National Congress | 41,226 | 11,426 | 27.7 | 65.2 |
| 36 | Dina NagarSC | Jai Muni | Indian National Congress | 34,180 | 18,488 | 54.1 | 50.4 |
| 37 | Narot MehraSC | Sunder Singh | Indian National Congress | 36,167 | 14,982 | 41.4 | 51.1 |
| 38 | Pathankot | Ram Singh | Indian National Congress | 43,305 | 10,468 | 24.2 | 66.9 |
| 39 | Balachaur | Dalip Chand | Independent | 48,253 | 1,191 | 2.5 | 64.3 |
| 40 | Garhshankar | Darshan Singh | Communist Party of India | 48,185 | 13,899 | 28.9 | 63.0 |
| 41 | MahilpurSC | Gurmail Singh | Indian National Congress | 43,958 | 8,910 | 20.3 | 64.2 |
| 42 | Hoshiarpur | Kundan Singh | Indian National Congress | 45,690 | 7,140 | 15.6 | 67.5 |
| 43 | Sham ChaurasiSC | Gurandass | Indian National Congress | 40,911 | 5,203 | 12.7 | 58.3 |
| 44 | Tanda | Amir Singh | Indian National Congress | 46,772 | 3,592 | 7.7 | 64.2 |
| 45 | Dasuya | Sat Pal Singh | Indian National Congress | 48,321 | 5,293 | 11.0 | 65.3 |
| 46 | Mukerian | Kewal Krishan | Indian National Congress | 42,617 | 23,595 | 55.4 | 53.9 |
| 47 | Kapurthala | Kirpal Singh | Indian National Congress | 57,645 | 3,334 | 5.8 | 70.2 |
| 48 | Sultanpur | Sadhu Singh | Indian National Congress | 55,899 | 10,512 | 18.8 | 70.6 |
| 49 | PhagwaraSC | Piara Ram Dhanowali | Indian National Congress | 46,647 | 7,919 | 17.0 | 67.9 |
| 50 | Jullundur North | Gurdial Saini | Indian National Congress | 39,004 | 12,561 | 32.2 | 68.2 |
| 51 | Jullundur South | Yash Pal | Indian National Congress | 40,535 | 6,415 | 15.8 | 68.1 |
| 52 | Jullundur Cantonment | Balbir Singh | Indian National Congress | 35,662 | 4,479 | 12.6 | 64.4 |
| 53 | Adampur | Harbhajan Singh | Independent | 46,628 | 3,709 | 8.0 | 72.9 |
| 54 | KartarpurSCCLOSEST | Gurbanta Singh (Uncontested) | Indian National Congress | 0 | 0 | not recorded | 0.0 |
| 55 | JamsherSC | Darshan Singh | Indian National Congress | 38,076 | 9,082 | 23.9 | 61.2 |
| 56 | Nakodar | Darbara Singh | Indian National Congress | 47,073 | 11,705 | 24.9 | 69.3 |
| 57 | Nurmahal | Darshan Singh | Indian National Congress | 55,656 | 11,900 | 21.4 | 72.1 |
| 58 | Bara Pind | Umrao Singh | Indian National Congress | 44,655 | 6,910 | 15.5 | 74.6 |
| 59 | BangaSC | Jagat Ram | Indian National Congress | 39,324 | 7,572 | 19.3 | 64.3 |
| 60 | Nawan Shahr | Dilbagh Singh | Indian National Congress | 51,286 | 19,294 | 37.6 | 68.5 |
| 61 | Phillaur | Surjit Singh Atwal | Indian National Congress | 50,591 | 2,514 | 5.0 | 72.8 |
| 62 | Jagraon | Tara Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 56,688 | 2,267 | 4.0 | 72.5 |
| 63 | Raikot | Jagdev Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 55,641 | 3,431 | 6.2 | 73.4 |
| 64 | Qila Raipur | Arjan Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 54,786 | 1,553 | 2.8 | 68.4 |
| 65 | DakhaSC | Basant Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 48,937 | 2,193 | 4.5 | 67.2 |
| 66 | Ludhiana North | Sardari Lal Kapur | Indian National Congress | 49,912 | 4,583 | 9.2 | 71.4 |
| 67 | Ludhiana South | Jogindar Pal Panday | Indian National Congress | 48,410 | 17,999 | 37.2 | 65.9 |
| 68 | Kum Kalan | Rattan Singh | Indian National Congress | 68,480 | 9,599 | 14.0 | 63.9 |
| 69 | Payal | Beant Singh | Indian National Congress | 54,591 | 5,808 | 10.6 | 72.3 |
| 70 | KhannaSC | Prithvi Singh Azad | Indian National Congress | 51,758 | 1,119 | 2.2 | 70.6 |
| 71 | Samrala | Prehlad Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 57,802 | 6,060 | 10.5 | 72.7 |
| 72 | Nangal | Sarla Prasher | Indian National Congress | 31,874 | 6,224 | 19.5 | 63.7 |
| 73 | Anandpur Sahib | Zail Singh | Indian National Congress | 44,111 | 3,256 | 7.4 | 70.9 |
| 74 | Ropar | Gurbachan Singh | Indian National Congress | 41,916 | 8,788 | 21.0 | 73.6 |
| 75 | MorindaSC | Ajail Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 40,427 | 2,527 | 6.3 | 67.4 |
| 76 | Kharar | Shamsher Singh Josh | Communist Party of India | 45,243 | 9,856 | 21.8 | 69.5 |
| 77 | Banur | Hans Raj | Indian National Congress | 42,881 | 9,279 | 21.6 | 64.7 |
| 78 | Rajpura | Brij Lal | Indian National Congress | 47,233 | 4,343 | 9.2 | 70.4 |
| 79 | Raipur | Prem Singh | Indian National Congress | 45,191 | 1,509 | 3.3 | 67.0 |
| 80 | Patiala | Prem Chand | Indian National Congress | 42,007 | 7,847 | 18.7 | 64.7 |
| 81 | Dakala | Jasdev Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 44,395 | 3,334 | 7.5 | 65.4 |
| 82 | SamanaSC | Gurdev Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 46,885 | 2,034 | 4.3 | 66.9 |
| 83 | Nabha | Gurdarshan Singh | Indian National Congress | 54,289 | 17,538 | 32.3 | 83.2 |
| 84 | AmlohSC | Harchand Singh | Indian National Congress | 52,108 | 416 | 0.8 | 73.3 |
| 85 | Sirhind | Randhir Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 56,029 | 2,697 | 4.8 | 73.8 |
| 86 | Dhuri | Achhra Singh | Communist Party of India | 48,795 | 2,660 | 5.5 | 75.6 |
| 87 | Malerkotla | Sajida Begum | Indian National Congress | 50,172 | 1,432 | 2.9 | 77.5 |
| 88 | SherpurSC | Chand Singh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 45,571 | 9,193 | 20.2 | 70.3 |
| 89 | Barnala | Surjit Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 52,968 | 11,303 | 21.3 | 74.0 |
| 90 | BhadaurSC | Kundan Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 42,720 | 5,319 | 12.5 | 68.1 |
| 91 | Dhanaula | Sukhdev Singh | Independent | 49,501 | 738 | 1.5 | 71.1 |
| 92 | Sangrur | Gur Bakhsh Singh | Indian National Congress | 48,023 | 1,001 | 2.1 | 73.1 |
| 93 | Sunam | Gurbachan Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 48,558 | 489 | 1.0 | 70.5 |
| 94 | Lehra | Harish Bhan | Indian National Congress | 51,546 | 2,214 | 4.3 | 75.2 |
| 95 | Sardulgarh | Balwinder Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 54,968 | 9,519 | 17.3 | 72.7 |
| 96 | Budhlada | Gurdev Singh | Indian National Congress | 46,965 | 6,961 | 14.8 | 76.0 |
| 97 | Mansa | Jangir Singh | Communist Party of India | 52,896 | 3,497 | 6.6 | 73.2 |
| 98 | Talwandi Sabo | Sukhdev Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 52,354 | 4,413 | 8.4 | 77.6 |
| 99 | Pakka Kalan | Surjit Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 45,662 | 19,771 | 43.3 | 70.8 |
| 100 | Bhatinda | Kesho Ram | Indian National Congress | 43,578 | 7,302 | 16.8 | 62.7 |
| 101 | Phul | Harbans Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 51,129 | 4,809 | 9.4 | 76.0 |
| 102 | NathanaSC | Dhanna Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 40,466 | 15,912 | 39.3 | 59.4 |
| 103 | Kot Kapura | Jaswinder Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 51,050 | 6,185 | 12.1 | 72.4 |
| 104 | FaridkotSC | Durdev Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | 45,043 | 1,959 | 4.4 | 67.5 |
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 27,186 votes“not recorded”: the source carries no figure for that seat
Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1972 · Punjab · 104 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Vote share and alliancesThe source has no state-level summary for this election