Constituency
47. Hoshiarpur
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1992
PB-HOSHIARPUR
INC 28.1%won by 1.2%BJP 26.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.2% to 1.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 25.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.1% between them, down from 80.9% — 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
51,749
Margin
627
1.21%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1NARESHIndian National Congress · INC14,55828.1%
- 2BALDEV SAHAIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,93126.9%
- 3PIARA SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9,05617.5%
- 4VARINDER SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD6,36312.3%
- 5KUNDAN SINGHIndependent · IND3,9547.6%
- 6SUNIL DUTTIndependent · IND3,4776.7%
- 7OM PRAKASHIndependent · IND4100.8%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −40.8%
- INC share
- 53.5% → 28.1%
- BJP share
- 11.5% → 26.9%
- Turnout
- — → —