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84. Bhadaur

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1985

PB-BHADAUR

SAD 55.5%won by 31.2%INC 24.3%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.0% to 31.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.8% between them, down from 99.3% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatShiromani Akali Dal 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
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
52,961
Margin
16,535
31.22%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1KUNDAN SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD29,39055.5%
  2. 2NOHINDER PAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC12,85524.3%
  3. 3BHAN SINGH BHAURACommunist Party of India · CPI7,93215.0%
  4. 4JETHUIndependent · IND1,2322.3%
  5. 5SHER SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,1692.2%
  6. 6JANGIR SINGHIndependent · IND3830.7%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–INC swing
+16.2%
SAD share
57.2% → 55.5%
INC share
42.2% → 24.3%
Turnout
— → —
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