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42. Sultanpur

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Punjab Assembly Election, 2002

PB-SULTANPUR

SAD 49.5%won by 6.7%INC 42.8%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.6% to 6.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

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
81,757
Margin
5,514
6.74%

Candidates

6 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1UPINDERJIT KAURShiromani Akali Dal · SAD40,48549.5%
  2. 2RAJANBIR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC34,97142.8%
  3. 3SHIV KANWAR SANDHUSADM · SADM2,6063.2%
  4. 4GURDEV SINGHIndependent · IND1,4941.8%
  5. 5BALWANT SINGH SULTANPURIBSPA · BSPA1,2611.5%
  6. 6TARSEM SINGH DOLLABahujan Samaj Party · BSP9401.1%

Since 1997

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–INC swing
−20.9%
SAD share
59.8% → 49.5%
INC share
32.2% → 42.8%
Turnout
— → —
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