Election
Constituency

16. Amritsar North

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1985

PB-AMRITSAR-NORTH

INC 48.9%won by 26.2%BJP 22.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
51,858
Margin
13,589
26.20%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
+7.5%
INC share
55.2% 48.9%
BJP share
36.5% 22.7%
Turnout