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51. Dasuya

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1997

PB-DASUYA

INC 39.3%won by 0.1%BJP 39.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.5% to 0.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.4% of the vote between them, up from 66.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
80,898
Margin
53
0.07%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ROMESH CHANDERIndian National Congress · INC31,75439.3%
  2. 2MAHANT RAM PARKASHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP31,70139.2%
  3. 3SWARAN KAURBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,27910.2%
  4. 4SHUBH KUMARIndependent · IND5,0346.2%
  5. 5HANS RAJIndependent · IND3,5434.4%
  6. 6JASWINDER SINGHIndependent · IND5870.7%

Since 1992

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−27.4%
INC share
46.3% → 39.3%
BJP share
18.8% → 39.2%
Turnout
— → —
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