Constituency
18. Amritsar Central
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1980
PB-AMRITSAR-CENTRAL
INC 57.3%won by 15.7%BJP 41.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 46.6% to 57.3% of the vote here (+10.8%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 41.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
51,931
Margin
8,140
15.67%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1DARBARI LALIndian National Congress · INC29,76257.3%
- 2DEV DUTT SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP21,62241.6%
- 3AVTAR SINGH NARANGIndependent · IND2230.4%
- 4ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND1420.3%
- 5SAIN DASSIndependent · IND850.2%
- 6DHARAM PALIndependent · IND490.1%
- 7KASHMIRI LALIndependent · IND480.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −30.9%
- INC share
- 46.6% → 57.3%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 41.6%
- Turnout
- — → —