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45. Garhshankar

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1997

PB-GARHSHANKAR

BSP 27.8%won by 1.0%BJP 26.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bahujan Samaj Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.7% to 1.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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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Valid votes
76,611
Margin
801
1.05%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BSP
  1. 1SHINGARA RAM SAHUNGRABahujan Samaj Party · BSP21,29127.8%
  2. 2AVINASHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP20,49026.7%
  3. 3DARSHAN SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM13,61317.8%
  4. 4SURINDER SINGHIndependent · IND12,60816.5%
  5. 5RANA VARINDER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC8,32110.9%
  6. 6RAJWINDER PAL SINGHSJPR · SJPR2880.4%

Since 1992

Derived
Winner then
BSP
Winner now
BSP
BSP–BJP swing
−29.0%
BSP share
35.5% → 27.8%
BJP share
5.4% → 26.7%
Turnout
— → —
44. Balachaur46. Mahilpur
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