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161. Sirsa

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Haryana · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-SIRSA

INC 33.5%won by 1.8%SAP 31.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.8% to 1.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSamajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) finished second with 31.7% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.2% between them, down from 71.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 9.0% to 76.7%.

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

Electorate
10,72,284
Turnout
76.7%
Valid votes
8,22,156
Margin
15,147
1.84%

Candidates

20 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SELJAIndian National Congress · INC2,75,45933.5%
  2. 2SUSHIL KUMARSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,60,31231.7%
  3. 3HANS RAJBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,95,45123.8%
  4. 4PARKASH SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI27,5733.4%
  5. 5BALDEV SINGH BADALIndependent · IND15,1301.8%
  6. 6GIAN PARKASHIndependent · IND8,8321.1%
  7. 7PHOOL SINGHIndependent · IND5,7000.7%
  8. 8DEVI LALIndependent · IND5,2510.6%
  9. 9RAM SWROOPIndependent · IND5,1190.6%
  10. 10PYARE LALIndependent · IND4,1910.5%
  11. 11DHARAM SINGHIndependent · IND3,0250.4%
  12. 12RANJITIndependent · IND2,5310.3%
  13. 13MAKHAN LAL ALIAS MADAN LALIndependent · IND2,2340.3%
  14. 14DIDAR SINGHIndependent · IND2,1960.3%
  15. 15OM PARKASHIndependent · IND1,9970.2%
  16. 16RAJ KUMARIndependent · IND1,7540.2%
  17. 17RADHE SHYAMIndependent · IND1,6200.2%
  18. 18KHAZAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,5390.2%
  19. 19KARTARA RAMIndependent · IND1,1530.1%
  20. 20MAHABIR SINGHIndependent · IND1,0890.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SAP swing
−41.1%
INC share
42.9% → 33.5%
SAP share
0.0% → 31.7%
Turnout
67.7% → 76.7%
160. Hissar162. Simla
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