Constituency
85. Dhanaula
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1980
PB-DHANAULA
INC 47.8%won by 3.9%CPM 44.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.9%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.8% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
55,681
Margin
2,149
3.86%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RAJINDER KAURIndian National Congress · INC26,64147.8%
- 2SUMINDER KAURCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM24,49244.0%
- 3JEET SINGHIndependent · IND4,2227.6%
- 4SUKHDEV SINGHINCU · INCU2060.4%
- 5RAM SINGHIndependent · IND1200.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +9.8%
- INC share
- 47.0% → 47.8%
- CPM share
- 53.0% → 44.0%
- Turnout
- — → —