Election
Constituency

41. Kapurthala

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1997

PB-KAPURTHALA

SAD 46.5%won by 17.6%INC 28.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 17.6%.

  • SAD vote shareSAD went from 0.0% to 46.5% of the vote here (+46.5%).
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
69,655
Margin
12,255
17.59%

Candidates

7 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1RAGHBIR SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD32,40546.5%
  2. 2GULZAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC20,15028.9%
  3. 3MALWINDER SINGH CHAHALIndependent · IND13,04418.7%
  4. 4OM PARKASH SIDHIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,9482.8%
  5. 5JIA LAL NAHARBSPA · BSPA1,3391.9%
  6. 6SURINDER KUMARJanata Dal · JD4450.6%
  7. 7DALVIR SINGHIndependent · IND3240.5%

Since 1992

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SADflipped
SAD–INC swing
+61.4%
SAD share
0.0% → 46.5%
INC share
43.8% → 28.9%
Turnout
— → —
40. Bholath42. Sultanpur
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