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Punjab Assembly Election, 1980

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SAD 58.9%won by 25.7%INC 33.2%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.8% to 25.7%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.1% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatShiromani Akali Dal won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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
51,378
Margin
13,217
25.73%

Candidates

9 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1GURBACHAN SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD30,26858.9%
  2. 2DALIP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,05133.2%
  3. 3GURTAJ SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC2,2644.4%
  4. 4VIRINDER SINGHIndependent · IND6541.3%
  5. 5GOPAL DASSIndependent · IND3700.7%
  6. 6HARNAM SINGHIndependent · IND3090.6%
  7. 7THAKAR DASSIndependent · IND2430.5%
  8. 8NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND1690.3%
  9. 9IANDERJIT SINGHIndependent · IND500.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–INC swing
+3.9%
SAD share
60.2% → 58.9%
INC share
38.4% → 33.2%
Turnout
— → —
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