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41. Kapurthala

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1992

PB-KAPURTHALA

INC 43.8%won by 8.4%BJP 35.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.2% to 8.4%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 35.4% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.1% of the vote between them, up from 59.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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not in source
Valid votes
24,473
Margin
2,058
8.41%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GULZAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC10,71043.8%
  2. 2HIRA LAL DHIRBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,65235.4%
  3. 3DEVI DASS NAHARIndependent · IND3,45814.1%
  4. 4OM PARKASH SIDHIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,5006.1%
  5. 5AJIT SINGHIndependent · IND1530.6%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−25.8%
INC share
34.2% → 43.8%
BJP share
0.0% → 35.4%
Turnout
— → —
40. Bholath42. Sultanpur
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