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3. Qadian

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1985

PB-QADIAN

SAD 35.8%won by 5.4%IND 30.4%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.6% to 5.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 30.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.2% between them, down from 94.7% — 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
61,734
Margin
3,356
5.44%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1KALWANT SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD22,11235.8%
  2. 2LAKHBIR SINGHIndependent · IND18,75630.4%
  3. 3BUTA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC18,02329.2%
  4. 4HAZARA SINGHIndependent · IND1,6152.6%
  5. 5SANTOKH MASIHIndependent · IND1,0731.7%
  6. 6AJAY PAL SINGHIndependent · IND1550.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–IND swing
−43.2%
SAD share
48.7% → 35.8%
IND share
0.0% → 30.4%
Turnout
— → —
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