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44. Balachaur

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Punjab Assembly Election, 2002

PB-BALACHAUR

SAD 41.8%won by 12.9%INC 28.9%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.6% to 12.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.8% between them, down from 80.3% — the field split more ways.

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
80,445
Margin
10,343
12.86%

Candidates

7 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1NAND LALShiromani Akali Dal · SAD33,62941.8%
  2. 2RAM KISHAN KATARIAIndian National Congress · INC23,28628.9%
  3. 3HARGOPAL SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP14,36617.9%
  4. 4SANSAR SINGHIndependent · IND6,8198.5%
  5. 5CHARAN SINGH RANAIndependent · IND9151.1%
  6. 6DAULAT SINGHSADM · SADM8481.1%
  7. 7AMAR CHANDIndependent · IND5820.7%

Since 1997

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–INC swing
−24.4%
SAD share
53.0% → 41.8%
INC share
15.7% → 28.9%
Turnout
— → —
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