Constituency
5. Kahnuwan
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1980
PB-KAHNUWAN
SAD 49.1%won by 0.8%INC 48.4%
What changed here
DerivedShiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.9% to 0.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 388 votes (0.75%) — among the closest results anywhere.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
51,495
Margin
388
0.75%
Candidates
3 contested · winner SAD- 1UJAGAR SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD25,29549.1%
- 2SATNAM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC24,90748.4%
- 3AVTAR SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC1,2932.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- SAD
- Winner now
- SAD
- SAD–INC swing
- −8.1%
- SAD share
- 53.2% → 49.1%
- INC share
- 44.3% → 48.4%
- Turnout
- — → —