Constituency
338. Amritsar
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-AMRITSAR
BJP 56.1%won by 14.1%INC 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 14.1%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 12.8% to 56.1% of the vote here (+43.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.9% to 53.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,98,245
Turnout
53.8%
Valid votes
6,44,112
Margin
91,140
14.15%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1DAYA SINGH SODHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,61,13356.1%
- 2RAGHUNANDAN LAL BHATIAIndian National Congress · INC2,69,99341.9%
- 3DURGA DASSIndependent · IND5,7460.9%
- 4AMARJIT KAUR GOPALPURABSPA · BSPA3,2770.5%
- 5KIRPAL SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,4840.2%
- 6BEANT SINGHIndependent · IND1,1880.2%
- 7PARVEEN KUMARIndependent · IND7250.1%
- 8RAMESH TALBARIndependent · IND5660.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +42.3%
- BJP share
- 12.8% → 56.1%
- INC share
- 41.0% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- 57.7% → 53.8%