Constituency
79. Sirhind
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1997
PB-SIRHIND
INC 31.7%won by 5.5%SAD 26.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 41.4% to 31.7% of the vote here (−9.7%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.9% between them, down from 85.5% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
94,548
Margin
5,239
5.54%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1HARBANS LALIndian National Congress · INC29,98331.7%
- 2KIRPAL SINGH LIBRAShiromani Akali Dal · SAD24,74426.2%
- 3SIMRANJIT SINGH MANNSADM · SADM22,10323.4%
- 4RANDHIR SINGH CHEEMAIndependent · IND15,65516.6%
- 5HARJEET KAURIndependent · IND1,0281.1%
- 6JASWINDER SINGHIndependent · IND5570.6%
- 7ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND4780.5%
Since 1992
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SAD swing
- −33.5%
- INC share
- 41.4% → 31.7%
- SAD share
- 2.5% → 26.2%
- Turnout
- — → —