Constituency
47. Hoshiarpur
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1997
PB-HOSHIARPUR
BJP 49.4%won by 27.7%BSP 21.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 27.7%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 26.9% to 49.4% of the vote here (+22.4%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.1% of the vote between them, up from 55.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
79,898
Margin
22,115
27.68%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1TIKHSHAN SOODBharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,44449.4%
- 2MOHINDER PALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP17,32921.7%
- 3THAKUR NARESHIndian National Congress · INC15,63919.6%
- 4SUNIL DUTT WALIAJanata Dal · JD3,6194.5%
- 5SURJIT SINGH JATPURISamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,7133.4%
- 6RAMESH KUMARIndependent · IND7020.9%
- 7RAVI KUMAR SABHARWALSJPR · SJPR4520.6%
Since 1992
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–BSP swing
- +18.3%
- BJP share
- 26.9% → 49.4%
- BSP share
- 17.5% → 21.7%
- Turnout
- — → —