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71. Rajpura

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1985

PB-RAJPURA

SAD 31.0%won by 3.3%INC 27.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 3.3%.

  • SAD vote shareSAD went from 0.0% to 31.0% of the vote here (+31.0%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.7% between them, down from 71.3% — the field split more ways.

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
63,364
Margin
2,104
3.32%

Candidates

12 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1PREM CHANDShiromani Akali Dal · SAD19,65731.0%
  2. 2NARESH KUMARIndian National Congress · INC17,55327.7%
  3. 3BENI PARSHADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,87126.6%
  4. 4BALWANT SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM6,63110.5%
  5. 5DIN DAYALIndependent · IND6831.1%
  6. 6BHAGWANT SINGHIndependent · IND5460.9%
  7. 7NASIB SINGHIndependent · IND3730.6%
  8. 8SEWA SINGHIndependent · IND2590.4%
  9. 9PREET MOHINDER SINGHIndependent · IND2480.4%
  10. 10SODHI RAMIndependent · IND2440.4%
  11. 11SATPAL SINGHIndependent · IND2050.3%
  12. 12SHINGHARA SINGHIndependent · IND940.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
SADflipped
SAD–INC swing
+31.2%
SAD share
0.0% → 31.0%
INC share
27.8% → 27.7%
Turnout
— → —
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