Constituency
42. Sultanpur
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1980
PB-SULTANPUR
SAD 55.9%won by 13.3%INC 42.6%
What changed here
DerivedShiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.6% to 13.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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
49,877
Margin
6,642
13.32%
Candidates
5 contested · winner SAD- 1ATMA SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD27,88555.9%
- 2SADHU SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,24342.6%
- 3KARTAR SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC5021.0%
- 4KARTAR SINGH ROCKETIndependent · IND1750.4%
- 5DINESH KUMARIndependent · IND720.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- SAD
- Winner now
- SAD
- SAD–INC swing
- −21.3%
- SAD share
- 66.4% → 55.9%
- INC share
- 31.8% → 42.6%
- Turnout
- — → —