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19. Amritsar South

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1980

PB-AMRITSAR-SOUTH

INC 50.1%won by 3.2%JNP 46.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 37.7% to 50.1% of the vote here (+12.4%).

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
54,442
Margin
1,761
3.23%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PIRTHIPAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC27,28650.1%
  2. 2KIRPAL SINGHJanata Party · JNP25,52546.9%
  3. 3RACHPAL SINGH BEDIShiromani Akali Dal · SAD7521.4%
  4. 4VIDYA SAGAR SINGHIndependent · IND4330.8%
  5. 5MOHAN SINGH CHAMAKIndependent · IND3140.6%
  6. 6JEON SINGHIndependent · IND810.1%
  7. 7SAROOP SINGHIndependent · IND510.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–JNP swing
+25.2%
INC share
37.7% → 50.1%
JNP share
59.6% → 46.9%
Turnout
— → —
18. Amritsar Central20. Ajnala
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