Constituency
47. Hoshiarpur
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1985
PB-HOSHIARPUR
INC 53.5%won by 26.2%SAD 27.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.5% to 26.2%.
- New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 27.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
57,858
Margin
15,170
26.22%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1MOHAN LALIndian National Congress · INC30,97753.5%
- 2SURJIT SINGHJATPURIShiromani Akali Dal · SAD15,80727.3%
- 3DHARAM PALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,65011.5%
- 4OM PRAKASHIndependent · IND1,8243.2%
- 5SUNIL DUTTIndependent · IND1,5252.6%
- 6SHAM LAL SANDALIndependent · IND4190.7%
- 7HAKAM SINGHIndependent · IND3310.6%
- 8KANTA KUMARIIndependent · IND1810.3%
- 9DAULAT SINGHIndependent · IND1440.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SAD swing
- −18.8%
- INC share
- 45.0% → 53.5%
- SAD share
- 0.0% → 27.3%
- Turnout
- — → —