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Constituency

26. Patti

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1997

PB-PATTI

SAD 71.5%won by 55.9%INC 15.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 55.9%.

  • SAD vote shareSAD went from 26.7% to 71.5% of the vote here (+44.7%).
  • Safe seatShiromani Akali Dal won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
84,974
Margin
47,487
55.88%

Since 1992

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SADflipped
SADINC swing
+93.0%
SAD share
26.7% 71.5%
INC share
63.9% 15.6%
Turnout