Constituency
73. Dakala
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1985
PB-DAKALA
SAD 45.1%won by 9.9%INC 35.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 9.9%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.3% between them, down from 97.7% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
73,873
Margin
7,289
9.87%
Candidates
10 contested · winner SAD- 1PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRAShiromani Akali Dal · SAD33,32245.1%
- 2LAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC26,03335.2%
- 3AJAIB SINGH MUKHMAILPURAIndependent · IND12,16616.5%
- 4GURCHARAN SINGHIndependent · IND5790.8%
- 5BALDEV SINGHIndependent · IND4650.6%
- 6TARSEM SINGH KHATKARIndependent · IND4070.6%
- 7MADAN LALIndependent · IND3640.5%
- 8BARJESH BATTAIndependent · IND2250.3%
- 9PIARA SINGH PARDESIIndependent · IND1660.2%
- 10BHAGWANDASS MITTALIndependent · IND1460.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SADflipped
- SAD–INC swing
- +13.5%
- SAD share
- 47.1% → 45.1%
- INC share
- 50.7% → 35.2%
- Turnout
- — → —