Election
Constituency

57. Ludhiana North

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1985

PB-LUDHIANA-NORTH

INC 60.6%won by 43.3%BJP 17.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.7% to 43.3%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.9% between them, down from 96.6% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
59,625
Margin
25,799
43.27%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
+28.6%
INC share
55.6% 60.6%
BJP share
41.0% 17.3%
Turnout