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87. Dirbha

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1985

PB-DIRBHA

SAD 49.0%won by 24.1%INC 24.9%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.5% to 24.1%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.0% between them, down from 85.0% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered5 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
58,992
Margin
14,206
24.08%

Candidates

7 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1BALDEV SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD28,92349.0%
  2. 2JASVIRINDER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC14,71724.9%
  3. 3PRITAM SINGHIndependent · IND7,36012.5%
  4. 4SAMPURAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI3,5486.0%
  5. 5SHER SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,4795.9%
  6. 6MANGAT RAMIndependent · IND6451.1%
  7. 7KARMINDER SINGHIndependent · IND3200.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–INC swing
+13.6%
SAD share
47.8% → 49.0%
INC share
37.3% → 24.9%
Turnout
— → —
86. Sangrur88. Sunam
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