Constituency
85. Dhanaula
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1985
PB-DHANAULA
SAD 59.6%won by 40.8%CPM 18.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 40.8%.
- SAD vote shareSAD went from 0.0% to 59.6% of the vote here (+59.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.5% between them, down from 91.8% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
57,079
Margin
23,296
40.81%
Candidates
8 contested · winner SAD- 1GOBING SINGH LONGOWALShiromani Akali Dal · SAD34,04559.6%
- 2SAMINDER KAURN GILLCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM10,74918.8%
- 3HARJIT KAURIndian National Congress · INC8,56015.0%
- 4BALVINDER SINGH SHAUNKIIndependent · IND1,8663.3%
- 5BALDEV SINGHIndependent · IND6971.2%
- 6GINDER SINGH DHALIWALIndependent · IND5220.9%
- 7OM PRAKASH BANAWALPURIndependent · IND3690.6%
- 8BHADUR SINGHIndependent · IND2710.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SADflipped
- SAD–CPM swing
- +84.8%
- SAD share
- 0.0% → 59.6%
- CPM share
- 44.0% → 18.8%
- Turnout
- — → —