Constituency
43. Phagwara
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1997
PB-PHAGWARA
BJP 52.7%won by 27.9%INC 24.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 27.9%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 34.5% to 52.7% of the vote here (+18.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.4% of the vote between them, up from 70.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
95,260
Margin
26,623
27.95%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1SWARNA RAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP50,17652.7%
- 2JOGINDER SINGH MANNIndian National Congress · INC23,55324.7%
- 3ASHOK KUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP18,65619.6%
- 4JAGDISHJanata Dal · JD1,6631.7%
- 5ASHWANI KUMARIndependent · IND1,1101.2%
- 6HANS RAJIndependent · IND1020.1%
Since 1992
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +29.8%
- BJP share
- 34.5% → 52.7%
- INC share
- 36.3% → 24.7%
- Turnout
- — → —