Election
Constituency

80. Dhuri

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1980

PB-DHURI

SAD 47.0%won by 6.5%INC 40.5%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.7% to 6.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 40.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.6% between them, down from 97.7% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
57,413
Margin
3,733
6.50%

Candidates

7 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1SANT SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD27,00847.0%
  2. 2MAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC23,27540.5%
  3. 3GURBACHAN SINGHIndependent · IND5,0118.7%
  4. 4MOHINDER SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC1,1141.9%
  5. 5PARKASH SINGHJanata Party · JNP4910.9%
  6. 6BALAKI RAMIndependent · IND2770.5%
  7. 7POLO RAMIndependent · IND2370.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–INC swing
−51.2%
SAD share
57.7% → 47.0%
INC share
0.0% → 40.5%
Turnout
— → —
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