Election
Constituency

59. Ludhiana East

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1985

PB-LUDHIANA-EAST

INC 46.7%won by 16.3%SAD 30.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.8% to 16.3%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
  • 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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not in source
Valid votes
53,087
Margin
8,629
16.25%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1OM PARKASH GUPTAIndian National Congress · INC24,80246.7%
  2. 2SOHAN SINGH SIBALShiromani Akali Dal · SAD16,17330.5%
  3. 3SAT PAL GOSAINBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,01720.8%
  4. 4TILAK RAJIndependent · IND6411.2%
  5. 5KULWANT SINGHIndependent · IND1600.3%
  6. 6MANVIR SINGHIndependent · IND1060.2%
  7. 7RATAN SINGHIndependent · IND750.1%
  8. 8VARINDERIndependent · IND690.1%
  9. 9BALWINDER PAL SINGH PAPIIndependent · IND440.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SAD swing
−12.4%
INC share
48.5% → 46.7%
SAD share
19.9% → 30.5%
Turnout
— → —
58. Ludhiana West60. Ludhiana Rural
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