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55. Dakha

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1985

PB-DAKHA

SAD 56.5%won by 22.9%INC 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.4% to 22.9%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.2% between them, down from 97.4% — the field split more ways.
  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
69,924
Margin
15,982
22.86%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1BASANT SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD39,51156.5%
  2. 2MOHINDER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC23,52933.6%
  3. 3SOHAN SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM5,0017.2%
  4. 4BALDEV SINGHIndependent · IND1,3221.9%
  5. 5KARNAIL SINGHIndependent · IND3240.5%
  6. 6RAM SINGHIndependent · IND2370.3%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–INC swing
+15.5%
SAD share
52.4% → 56.5%
INC share
45.0% → 33.6%
Turnout
— → —
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