Constituency
339. Tarn Taran
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-TARN-TARAN
SAD 36.7%won by 7.6%SAD 29.1%
What changed here
DerivedShiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.4% to 7.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.8% between them, down from 81.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.4% to 55.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,71,034
Turnout
55.2%
Valid votes
9,69,801
Margin
73,506
7.58%
Candidates
14 contested · winner SAD- 1PREM SINGH LALPURAShiromani Akali Dal · SAD3,55,65336.7%
- 2Tarlochan Singh TurShiromani Akali Dal · SAD2,82,14729.1%
- 3GURINDER PARTAP SINGH KAIRONIndian National Congress · INC2,13,73522.0%
- 4Dilbag Singh DalekeIndian National Congress · INC74,9647.7%
- 5DEVI DASS NAHARBSPA · BSPA16,8031.7%
- 6Devi Dass NaharBSPA · BSPA12,8441.3%
- 7Sardul Singh NonaBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,6240.7%
- 8DALBIR SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,4750.3%
- 9Jagir SinghLok Shakti · LS1,1820.1%
- 10GURMUKH SINGHIndependent · IND1,1000.1%
- 11BALWANT SINGHAJBP · AJBP9860.1%
- 12Iqbal Singh MalmohriIndependent · IND6440.1%
- 13Gurpal SinghIndependent · IND4810.0%
- 14Ishwar DassIndependent · IND1630.0%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- SAD
- Winner now
- SAD
- SAD–SAD swing
- 0.0%
- SAD share
- 43.2% → 36.7%
- SAD share
- 43.2% → 36.7%
- Turnout
- 62.5% → 55.2%