Constituency
81. Malerkotla
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1997
PB-MALERKOTLA
SAD 41.6%won by 17.9%IND 23.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which now leads by 17.9%.
- SAD vote shareSAD went from 15.8% to 41.6% of the vote here (+25.8%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.7% — it polled just 1.1% in 1992.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,06,485
Margin
19,020
17.86%
Candidates
7 contested · winner SAD- 1NUSRAT ALI KHANShiromani Akali Dal · SAD44,30541.6%
- 2AJIT SINGHIndependent · IND25,28523.7%
- 3ABDUL GHAFFARIndian National Congress · INC17,66716.6%
- 4MOHAMMAD ASHRAFSADM · SADM10,63110.0%
- 5MOHD. JAMIL UR REHMANIndependent · IND7,4027.0%
- 6MOHAMMAD SULEMANIndependent · IND1,0721.0%
- 7HARPAL KAURIndependent · IND1230.1%
Since 1992
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SADflipped
- SAD–IND swing
- +3.2%
- SAD share
- 15.8% → 41.6%
- IND share
- 1.1% → 23.7%
- Turnout
- — → —