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43. Phagwara

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1985

PB-PHAGWARA

INC 49.5%won by 17.6%JNP 31.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.8% to 17.6%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.3% between them, down from 94.6% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
67,286
Margin
11,863
17.63%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JOGINDER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC33,28749.5%
  2. 2SADHU RAMJanata Party · JNP21,42431.8%
  3. 3SWARNA RAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,5986.8%
  4. 4CHARAN DASSIndependent · IND3,3885.0%
  5. 5MALKIT CHANDIndependent · IND1,6622.5%
  6. 6KARAM SINGHIndependent · IND1,3922.1%
  7. 7JAGAT RAMIndependent · IND1,1651.7%
  8. 8GIRDHARI LALIndependent · IND3700.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JNP swing
+14.9%
INC share
48.7% → 49.5%
JNP share
45.9% → 31.8%
Turnout
— → —
42. Sultanpur44. Balachaur
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