Constituency
35. Nakodar
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1997
PB-NAKODAR
INC 37.9%won by 12.2%BSP 25.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.4% to 12.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.6% between them, down from 85.8% — 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
88,945
Margin
10,848
12.20%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1AMARJIT SINGH SAMRAIndian National Congress · INC33,72937.9%
- 2GURBACHAN SINGH DHIMANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP22,88125.7%
- 3GURMIT SINGH DADUWALShiromani Akali Dal · SAD21,39424.1%
- 4KULDEEP SINGH WADALAIndependent · IND9,70310.9%
- 5JOGINDER SINGH SIANIWALBSPA · BSPA6170.7%
- 6SURJIT KAURIndependent · IND3250.4%
- 7CHHINDERPAL RANAIndependent · IND2960.3%
Since 1992
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BSP swing
- −3.2%
- INC share
- 50.6% → 37.9%
- BSP share
- 35.2% → 25.7%
- Turnout
- — → —