Constituency
8. Dina Nagar
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1985
PB-DINA-NAGAR
INC 35.3%won by 4.7%BJP 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.7% to 4.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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
56,116
Margin
2,631
4.69%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1JAI MUNIIndian National Congress · INC19,80535.3%
- 2KAMLESH KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,17430.6%
- 3SARWAN SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD16,27829.0%
- 4HARI RAMIndependent · IND1,7823.2%
- 5MULAKH RAJIndependent · IND7751.4%
- 6DHARAM CHANDIndependent · IND3020.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −28.5%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 35.3%
- BJP share
- 15.4% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- — → —