Constituency
16. Amritsar North
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1985
PB-AMRITSAR-NORTH
INC 48.9%won by 26.2%BJP 22.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.7% to 26.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.6% between them, down from 91.7% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
51,858
Margin
13,589
26.20%
Candidates
13 contested · winner INC- 1BRIJ BHUSHAN MEHRAIndian National Congress · INC25,35448.9%
- 2SATPAL MAHAJANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,76522.7%
- 3HARI SINGH AREWALAShiromani Akali Dal · SAD11,35621.9%
- 4AVTAR SINGH SACHDEVACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,1392.2%
- 5BAIJ NATH BATIIndependent · IND9511.8%
- 6KARTAR CHANDIndependent · IND7051.4%
- 7RANVIRIndependent · IND1770.3%
- 8TARA SINGHIndependent · IND1240.2%
- 9SUNEEL KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND780.2%
- 10KISHEN PARSHAD SHARMAIndependent · IND680.1%
- 11MANJIT SINGH BHATIAIndependent · IND580.1%
- 12HARJIT SINGH BILLAIndependent · IND520.1%
- 13SHANGRA SINGHIndependent · IND310.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +7.5%
- INC share
- 55.2% → 48.9%
- BJP share
- 36.5% → 22.7%
- Turnout
- — → —