Election
Constituency

63. Samrala

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1997

PB-SAMRALA

INC 45.9%won by 1.8%SAD 44.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.1% to 1.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).

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
80,708
Margin
1,419
1.76%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AMRIK SINGHIndian National Congress · INC37,07845.9%
  2. 2KIRPAL SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD35,65944.2%
  3. 3RAVINDER PAL SINGHSADM · SADM5,4656.8%
  4. 4SOHAN LALIndependent · IND2,3562.9%
  5. 5HARJINDER SINGHIndependent · IND1500.2%

Since 1992

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SAD swing
−44.5%
INC share
55.5% → 45.9%
SAD share
9.2% → 44.2%
Turnout
— → —
62. Kum Kalan64. Khanna
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