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343. Ropar

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-ROPAR

SAD 53.8%won by 12.2%BSP 41.7%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.5% to 12.2%.

  • New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 41.7% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.5% of the vote between them, up from 86.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
12,32,653
Turnout
57.0%
Valid votes
7,03,116
Margin
85,504
12.16%

Candidates

4 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1SATWINDER KAURShiromani Akali Dal · SAD3,78,48753.8%
  2. 2MAN SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,92,98341.7%
  3. 3BHAG SINGHSADM · SADM29,0104.1%
  4. 4MOHINDER LALABRCD · ABRCD2,6360.4%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–BSP swing
−36.3%
SAD share
48.5% → 53.8%
BSP share
0.0% → 41.7%
Turnout
57.7% → 57.0%
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