1969 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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1969 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
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  1967 1969 1972  

All 104 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
53 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.27%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Major Harinder Singh.png
Leader Gurnam Singh Harinder Singh
Party SAD INC(R) ABJS
Leader's seatQila Raipur (won) Ajnala (won)
Seats won43388
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 43Decrease2.svg 10Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote1,381,9161,844,360
Percentage29.36%39.18%9.01%
SwingIncrease2.svg 29.36%Increase2.svg 1.73%Decrease2.svg 0.83%

Chief Minister before election

President's rule

Elected Chief Minister

Gurnam Singh
SAD

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Punjab in 1969. Shiromani Akali Dal emerged as the largest party in the Assembly, winning 43 of the 104 seats. [1] The Bharatiya Jana Sangh was also a part of the government as it was in a pre-poll alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal party. [2]

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Parties contested

Result

India Punjab Legislative Assembly 1969.svg
PartyContestedSeats wonChange in seatsPopular vote%
Shiromani Akali Dal 6543Increase2.svg 4313,81,91629.36
Indian National Congress 10338Decrease2.svg 1018,44,36039.18
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 308Decrease2.svg 14,24,0089.01
Communist Party of India 284Decrease2.svg 12,27,6004.84
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 102Decrease2.svg 11,44,6103.07
Socialist Party 72Increase2.svg 139,1090.83
Punjab Janta Party 161Increase2.svg 179,2691.68
Praja Socialist Party 31Increase2.svg 123,6170.50
Swatantra Party 61Increase2.svg 143,0060.91
Independents 1604Decrease2.svg 54,18,2328.89
Others43081,3591.72
Total47110447,07,086
Source: ECI [1]

Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/None)
MemberParty
MuktsarSCGuruev Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
Giddar BahaNoneParkash Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
MaloutNoneGurmit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
LambiSCDana Ram Communist Party of India
AboharNoneSatya Dev Bharatiya Jana Sangh
FazilkaNoneRadha Krishan Indian National Congress
JalalabadNoneLajinder Singh Indian National Congress
Guru Har SahaiNoneLachhman Singh Indian National Congress
FerozepurNoneBalmukand Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Ferozepur CantonmentNoneMohinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
ZiraNoneMetab Singh Indian National Congress
DharamkotNoneLachhman Singh Punjab Janta Party
Nihal Singh WalaSCDalip Singh Indian National Congress
MogaNoneRoop Lal Samyukta Socialist Party
Bagha PuranaNoneTej Singh Indian National Congress
Khadoor SahibNoneMohan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
P A T T INoneSurinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
ValtohaNoneGurdip Singh Indian National Congress
AtariSCDarshan Singh Communist Party of India
Tarn TaranNoneManjinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
BeasNoneHari Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
JandialaSCTara Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
Amritsar EastNoneGian Chand Indian National Congress
Amritsar SouthNoneKirpal Singh Praja Socialist Party
Amritsar CentralNoneBalram Dass Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Amritsar WestNoneSatya Pal Communist Party of India
VerkaSCGurmej Singh Indian National Congress
MajithaNoneShashpal Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
AjnalaNoneHarinder Singh Indian National Congress
FatehgarhNoneSantokh Singh Indian National Congress
BatalaNoneBikaramajit Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
SirihargobindpurNoneKaram Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
QadianNoneSatnam Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
DhariwalNonePritam Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
GurdaspurNoneMohinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
Dina NagarSCGian Chand Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Narot MehraSCSunder Singh Indian National Congress
PathankotNoneRam Singh Indian National Congress
BalachaurNoneTulsi Ram Indian National Congress
GarhshankarNoneRattan Singh Indian National Congress
MahilpurSCKartar Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
HoshiarpurNoneBalbir Singh Samyukta Socialist Party
Sham ChaurasiSCGuran Dass Indian National Congress
TandaNoneAmir Singh Kalkat Indian National Congress
DasuyaNoneDevinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
MukerianNoneKewal Krishan Indian National Congress
KapurthalaNoneBawa Harnam Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
SultanpurNoneAtma Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
PhagwaraSCSadhu Ram Indian National Congress
Jullundur NorthNoneGurdial Saini Indian National Congress
Jullundur SouthNoneMan Mohan Kalia Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Jullundur CantonmentNoneSaroop Singh Indian National Congress
AdampurNoneKulwant Singh Communist Party of India
KartarpurSCGurbanta Singh Indian National Congress
JamsherSCDarshan Singh Kaypee Indian National Congress
NakodarNoneDarbara Singh Independent
NurmahalNoneBalwant Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
Bara PindNoneUmrao Singh Indian National Congress
BangaSCJagat Ram Indian National Congress
Nawan ShahrNoneDilbag Singh Indian National Congress
PhillaurNoneSurjit Singh Atwal Indian National Congress
JagraonNoneNahar Singh Indian National Congress
RaikotNoneJagdev Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
Qila RaipurNoneGurnam Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
DakhaSCBasant Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
Ludhiana NorthNoneSardari Lal Indian National Congress
Ludhiana SouthNoneJoginder Paul Indian National Congress
Kum KalanNonePartap Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
PayalNoneBeant Singh Independent
KhannaSCNaurang Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
SamralaNoneKapur Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
NangalNoneBam Dev Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Anandpur SahibNoneSadhu Singh Indian National Congress
RoparNoneRavi Indar Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
MorindaSCRaja Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
KhararNoneSarjit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
BanurNoneBalbir Singh Independent
RajpuraNoneHarbans Lal Bharatiya Jana Sangh
RaipurNoneJasdev Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
PatialaNoneRavel Singh S/o Tara Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
DakalaNoneBasant Singh Swatantra Party
SamanaSCPritam Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
NabhaNoneNarinder Singh Independent
AmlohSCDalip Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
SirhindNoneRandhir Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
DhuriNoneSant Singh Indian National Congress
MalerkotlaNoneNawab Iftikhar Ali Khan Shiromani Akali Dal
SherpurSCKundan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
BarnalaNoneSurjeet Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
BhadaurSCBachan Singh Indian National Congress
DhanaulaNoneHardit Singh Communist Party of India
SangrurNoneGurbakshs Singh Indian National Congress
SunamNoneGurbachan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
LehraNoneHarchand Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
SardulgarhNoneKirpal Singh Indian National Congress
BudhladaNoneParshotam Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
MansaNoneSant Lakha Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
Talwandi SaboNoneAjit Singh Indian National Congress
Pakka KalanNoneTrilochan Singh Indian National Congress
BhatindaNoneTeja Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
PhulNoneBabu Singh Communist Party of India
NathanaSCHardit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
Kot KapuraNoneHarcharan Singh Indian National Congress
FaridkotSCBhagat Singh Shiromani Akali Dal

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Punjab General Legislative Election 1969". Election Commission of India. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  2. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (1975). Strategy, Risk and Personality in Coalition Politics: The Case of India. Cambridge University Press. p. 52. ISBN   9780521208741 . Retrieved 21 August 2023. ... the Jana Sangh participated in a pre-election alliance with the Akali Dal in the Punjab during the 1969 midterm poll.