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76. Patiala Town

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1997

PB-PATIALA-TOWN

SAD 52.8%won by 16.1%INC 36.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 16.1%.

  • SAD vote shareSAD went from 6.5% to 52.8% of the vote here (+46.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.5% of the vote between them, up from 68.0% — 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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Valid votes
78,457
Margin
12,664
16.14%

Candidates

14 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1SURJIT SINGH KOHLIShiromani Akali Dal · SAD41,43052.8%
  2. 2BRAHM MOHINDRAIndian National Congress · INC28,76636.7%
  3. 3KRISHAN KUMARIndependent · IND4,2475.4%
  4. 4PUSHVINDERIndependent · IND1,6532.1%
  5. 5KARAMJIT SINGH KASHYAPSamajwadi Party · SP6710.9%
  6. 6RAVINDER SINGHSADM · SADM5260.7%
  7. 7AMRITBIR SINGHJanata Dal · JD3000.4%
  8. 8DIDAR CHANDBSPA · BSPA2190.3%
  9. 9HARI SINGH RANAIndependent · IND1860.2%
  10. 10JOGINDER SINGH BANGARIndependent · IND1690.2%
  11. 11HARBANS SINGHIndependent · IND1270.2%
  12. 12SURJIT SINGHIndependent · IND770.1%
  13. 13MUSA KHANIndependent · IND670.1%
  14. 14INDER KUMARIndependent · IND190.0%

Since 1992

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SADflipped
SAD–INC swing
+45.7%
SAD share
6.5% → 52.8%
INC share
36.0% → 36.7%
Turnout
— → —
75. Samana77. Nabha
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