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Constituency

79. Jalalabad

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Punjab · Punjab Assembly Election, 2012

PB-JALALABAD

SAD 54.0%won by 33.6%IND 20.3%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 30.7% to 33.6%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 20.3% — it polled just 0.8% in 2007.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.3% between them, down from 93.5% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
1,72,075
Turnout
86.8%
Valid votes
1,49,395
Margin
50,246
33.63%

Since 2007

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SADIND swing
−27.6%
SAD share
62.1% 54.0%
IND share
0.8% 20.3%
Turnout
86.8%