Constituency
79. Sirhind
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1985
PB-SIRHIND
SAD 61.5%won by 27.2%INC 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 27.2%.
- SAD vote shareSAD went from 40.3% to 61.5% of the vote here (+21.3%).
- Safe seatShiromani Akali Dal won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
76,190
Margin
20,749
27.23%
Candidates
8 contested · winner SAD- 1KIRPAL SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD46,89061.5%
- 2BIRDEVINDER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC26,14134.3%
- 3MANN SINGHIndependent · IND1,4972.0%
- 4BHAGWANT SINGHIndependent · IND7180.9%
- 5JIWAN KUMARIndependent · IND4160.5%
- 6BALJIT SINGHIndependent · IND3430.5%
- 7NALAK CHANDIndependent · IND990.1%
- 8HARBANS SINGHIndependent · IND860.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SADflipped
- SAD–INC swing
- +45.0%
- SAD share
- 40.3% → 61.5%
- INC share
- 58.1% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —