Constituency
99. Moga
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1985
PB-MOGA
INC 37.5%won by 6.0%JNP 31.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.1% to 6.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.1% between them, down from 75.1% — the field split more ways.
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
62,989
Margin
3,803
6.04%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1GURCHARAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC23,65137.5%
- 2SATHI ROOP LALJanata Party · JNP19,84831.5%
- 3CHARN DASS GHAIShiromani Akali Dal · SAD15,61724.8%
- 4HARBANS SINGH GILLIndependent · IND1,2322.0%
- 5NAROTAM LALIndependent · IND1,0871.7%
- 6PIARA SINGH AZADIndependent · IND6601.0%
- 7SADHU SINGHIndependent · IND3580.6%
- 8KARAM SINGHIndependent · IND2460.4%
- 9VED PRAKASHIndependent · IND2070.3%
- 10KRISHAN KUMAR GHAIIndependent · IND830.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −37.0%
- INC share
- 43.1% → 37.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.5%
- Turnout
- — → —