Constituency
91. Abohar
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1997
PB-ABOHAR
BJP 56.0%won by 15.8%INC 40.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 15.8%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 20.4% to 56.0% of the vote here (+35.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.3% of the vote between them, up from 75.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
98,779
Margin
15,562
15.75%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1RAM KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP55,32956.0%
- 2SAJJAN KUMARIndian National Congress · INC39,76740.3%
- 3GURMEJ PALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,1571.2%
- 4KARNAIL SINGHIndependent · IND1,0251.0%
- 5KARNI SINGHIndependent · IND6640.7%
- 6PARMJIT SINGHIndependent · IND6270.6%
- 7DYAL SINGHIndependent · IND2100.2%
Since 1992
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +50.7%
- BJP share
- 20.4% → 56.0%
- INC share
- 55.4% → 40.3%
- Turnout
- — → —