Election
Constituency

59. Ludhiana East

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1980

PB-LUDHIANA-EAST

INC 48.5%won by 22.8%BJP 25.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.1% to 22.8%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.7% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
50,768
Margin
11,552
22.75%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1OM PARKASH GUPTAIndian National Congress · INC24,61448.5%
  2. 2SAT PALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,06225.7%
  3. 3SURANJAN SINGH THEKEDARShiromani Akali Dal · SAD10,08419.9%
  4. 4HARI SINGHIndependent · IND1,8113.6%
  5. 5AJIT SINGHIndependent · IND4400.9%
  6. 6BALWANT SINGHINCU · INCU2390.5%
  7. 7USHAWANT KAURIndependent · IND2150.4%
  8. 8KEWAL KRISHANIndependent · IND1360.3%
  9. 9RATTAN SINGHIndependent · IND1130.2%
  10. 10MOHINDER SINGHIndependent · IND540.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−13.8%
INC share
36.5% → 48.5%
BJP share
0.0% → 25.7%
Turnout
— → —
58. Ludhiana West60. Ludhiana Rural
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