Constituency
52. Mukerian
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1997
PB-MUKERIAN
BJP 54.4%won by 19.8%INC 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 19.8%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 25.8% to 54.4% of the vote here (+28.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.0% of the vote between them, up from 57.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
98,494
Margin
19,492
19.79%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BJP- 1ARUNESH KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP53,59454.4%
- 2KEWAL KRISHANIndian National Congress · INC34,10234.6%
- 3RAJ MALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,6288.8%
- 4BALDEV SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,1702.2%
Since 1992
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +25.2%
- BJP share
- 25.8% → 54.4%
- INC share
- 31.3% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- — → —