Constituency
76. Patiala Town
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1980
PB-PATIALA-TOWN
INC 38.4%won by 16.1%BJP 22.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 21.8% to 38.4% of the vote here (+16.6%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 22.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.8% between them, down from 75.7% — the field split more ways.
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
49,286
Margin
7,925
16.08%
Candidates
14 contested · winner INC- 1BRAM MOHINDRAIndian National Congress · INC18,94638.4%
- 2SHAMBHU PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,02122.4%
- 3SARDARA SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD10,95722.2%
- 4MANMOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND6,46713.1%
- 5SURJIT SINGHIndependent · IND4180.8%
- 6RAM LALINCU · INCU2870.6%
- 7PYARA SINGHIndependent · IND2540.5%
- 8TIRATH CHANDIndependent · IND2420.5%
- 9M. C. BHARDWAJIndependent · IND2380.5%
- 10MADAN LALIndependent · IND1800.4%
- 11JANGIR RAMIndependent · IND1420.3%
- 12SIMLA SINGHIndependent · IND540.1%
- 13DALJIT SINGHIndependent · IND520.1%
- 14PRITAM SINGHIndependent · IND280.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- SAD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −5.7%
- INC share
- 21.8% → 38.4%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 22.4%
- Turnout
- — → —