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9. Narot Mehra

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1980

PB-NAROT-MEHRA

INC 50.6%won by 25.1%BJP 25.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.5% to 25.1%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.1% between them, down from 99.2% — 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
41,931
Margin
10,512
25.07%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AMAR NATHIndian National Congress · INC21,21550.6%
  2. 2MAHASHA PURAN CHANDBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,70325.5%
  3. 3SURJIT KUMARICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM7,45017.8%
  4. 4SUKHDEVIndependent · IND1,5193.6%
  5. 5RATTAN CHANDJNPSC · JNPSC8572.0%
  6. 6GURDIAL MALIndependent · IND1870.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−27.3%
INC share
52.3% → 50.6%
BJP share
0.0% → 25.5%
Turnout
— → —
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