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Constituency

33. Kartarpur

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1997

PB-KARTARPUR

INC 35.8%won by 0.3%IND 35.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.5% to 0.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.4% between them, down from 95.5% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
82,556
Margin
276
0.33%

Since 1992

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−59.5%
INC share
64.0% 35.8%
IND share
4.2% 35.5%
Turnout