Election
Constituency

2. Batala

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1985

PB-BATALA

INC 51.1%won by 21.1%SAD 30.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.5% to 21.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.2% between them, down from 88.7% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
67,256
Margin
14,171
21.07%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ASHWANIIndian National Congress · INC34,40151.1%
  2. 2DHARAM SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD20,23030.1%
  3. 3BALDEV MITTARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,64114.3%
  4. 4RAM RATTANIndependent · IND1,5762.3%
  5. 5RANBIR SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,0371.5%
  6. 6BALBIR SINGHIndependent · IND1700.3%
  7. 7KARNAIL SINGHIndependent · IND1530.2%
  8. 8BALWINDER SINGHIndependent · IND480.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SAD swing
−22.4%
INC share
49.6% → 51.1%
SAD share
6.2% → 30.1%
Turnout
— → —
1. Fatehgarh3. Qadian
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