Constituency
95. Firozepur
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 2002
PB-FIROZEPUR
BJP 39.7%won by 8.8%INC 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.3% to 8.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.7% — 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 70.6% between them, down from 78.5% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
88,092
Margin
7,757
8.81%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1SUKHPAL SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP34,99539.7%
- 2BALMUKAND SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC27,23830.9%
- 3HANSA SINGHIndependent · IND9,88111.2%
- 4ASHWANI KUMARIndependent · IND9,67911.0%
- 5PURANIndependent · IND2,5242.9%
- 6DHIAN SINGHSADM · SADM1,4811.7%
- 7SURJIT SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,2751.4%
- 8SADA NANDLJNSP · LJNSP1,0191.2%
Since 1997
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −27.3%
- BJP share
- 53.4% → 39.7%
- INC share
- 17.2% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- — → —