Constituency
6. Qadian
Community mirrorPunjab · Punjab Assembly Election, 2012
PB-QADIAN
INC 48.9%won by 13.2%SAD 35.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.7% between them, down from 95.2% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,61,356
Turnout
75.8%
Valid votes
1,22,276
Margin
16,156
13.21%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1CHARANJIT KAUR BAJWAIndian National Congress · INC59,84348.9%
- 2SEWA SINGH SEKHWANShiromani Akali Dal · SAD43,68735.7%
- 3SUCHA SINGH CHHOTEPURIndependent · IND15,42812.6%
- 4COL.SURJIT SINGH PHEROCHECHIPPOP · PPOP1,8081.5%
- 5KULWANT SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,5101.2%
Since 2007
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SAD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SAD swing
- +14.8%
- INC share
- 46.8% → 48.9%
- SAD share
- 48.4% → 35.7%
- Turnout
- — → 75.8%