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Constituency

47. Hoshiarpur

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Punjab Assembly Election, 2002

PB-HOSHIARPUR

BJP 32.5%won by 0.4%INC 32.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.7% to 0.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.8% — 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 64.6% between them, down from 71.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
74,219
Margin
308
0.41%

Since 1997

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−29.4%
BJP share
49.4% 32.5%
INC share
19.6% 32.1%
Turnout