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116. Budhlada

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1997

PB-BUDHLADA

CPI 49.3%won by 6.7%SAD 42.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.9% to 6.7%.

  • New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 42.6% — it did not contest here in 1992.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.9% of the vote between them, up from 83.4% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
96,257
Margin
6,449
6.70%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1HARDEV SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI47,46949.3%
  2. 2HARBANT SINGHShiromani Akali Dal · SAD41,02042.6%
  3. 3MEHAL SINGHSADM · SADM7,0587.3%
  4. 4GURDEV KAURIndependent · IND5290.5%
  5. 5BALDEV SINGHIndependent · IND1100.1%
  6. 6DALIP KAURIndependent · IND710.1%

Since 1992

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–SAD swing
−41.9%
CPI share
48.6% → 49.3%
SAD share
0.0% → 42.6%
Turnout
— → —
115. Mansa117. Sardulgarh
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