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81. Malerkotla

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Punjab Assembly Election, 2002

PB-MALERKOTLA

INC 34.8%won by 0.2%IND 34.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 16.6% to 34.8% of the vote here (+18.2%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 179 votes (0.17%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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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Valid votes
1,08,000
Margin
179
0.17%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAZIA SULTANAIndian National Congress · INC37,55734.8%
  2. 2AJIT SINGHIndependent · IND37,37834.6%
  3. 3ABDUL GAFFARNationalist Congress Party · NCP16,10014.9%
  4. 4NUSRAT ALI KHANShiromani Akali Dal · SAD10,77710.0%
  5. 5ABDUL HAMIDBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,4282.2%
  6. 6MOHD. ARSHADSADM · SADM2,2682.1%
  7. 7SAGEERLBP · LBP7550.7%
  8. 8NASARIndependent · IND7370.7%

Since 1997

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–IND swing
+7.3%
INC share
16.6% → 34.8%
IND share
23.7% → 34.6%
Turnout
— → —
80. Dhuri82. Sherpur
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