Constituency
101. Nihal Singh Wala
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1997
PB-NIHAL-SINGH-WALA
CPI 47.3%won by 2.1%SAD 45.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 66.0% to 2.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 31.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 45.2% — it did not contest here in 1992.
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
84,251
Margin
1,791
2.13%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1AJAIB SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI39,84247.3%
- 2ZORA SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD38,05145.2%
- 3PARAMJIT SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,3587.5%
Since 1992
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–SAD swing
- −76.7%
- CPI share
- 78.9% → 47.3%
- SAD share
- 0.0% → 45.2%
- Turnout
- — → —