Election
Constituency

8. Ambala Cantonment

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Haryana Assembly Election, 1996

HR-AMBALA-CANTONMENT

IND 40.1%won by 10.7%INC 29.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 10.7%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 0.2% to 40.1% of the vote here (+39.9%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.5% between them, down from 93.6% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
56,700
Margin
6,090
10.74%

Candidates

19 contested · winner IND
  1. 1ANILIndependent · IND22,73540.1%
  2. 2RAJ RANIIndian National Congress · INC16,64529.4%
  3. 3KABIR DEVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,57322.2%
  4. 4SHIV KUMARAIICT · AIICT1,7003.0%
  5. 5SEWA SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,4142.5%
  6. 6PUSHPACommunist Party of India · CPI4540.8%
  7. 7KAMLESH RANISamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2270.4%
  8. 8LAJO DEVIBSPA · BSPA1530.3%
  9. 9RAJINDERIndependent · IND1320.2%
  10. 10JATINDER KUMARShiv Sena · SHS1180.2%
  11. 11SURESH CHANDERIndependent · IND1130.2%
  12. 12DHARAM SINGHIndependent · IND930.2%
  13. 13AJAY KUMARIndependent · IND930.2%
  14. 14KARTAR SINGHIndependent · IND740.1%
  15. 15RAVINDER SINGHIndependent · IND520.1%
  16. 16DEVI DAYALIndependent · IND500.1%
  17. 17SURINDERIndependent · IND290.1%
  18. 18SANTOSH KUMARIndependent · IND260.0%
  19. 19J.P. MANNIndependent · IND190.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+65.4%
IND share
0.2% → 40.1%
INC share
54.9% → 29.4%
Turnout
— → —
7. Mullana9. Ambala City
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