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344. Patiala

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-PATIALA

SAD 50.9%won by 4.1%INC 46.8%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.2% to 4.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.8% of the vote between them, up from 85.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.9% to 61.4%.

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

Electorate
13,13,159
Turnout
61.4%
Valid votes
8,06,615
Margin
33,251
4.12%

Candidates

12 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRAShiromani Akali Dal · SAD4,10,93750.9%
  2. 2AMRINDER SINGHIndian National Congress · INC3,77,68646.8%
  3. 3RANJEET SINGH THEKHEDARIndependent · IND5,8050.7%
  4. 4KULWANT SINGHSADM · SADM2,4520.3%
  5. 5JASWINDER SINGHIndependent · IND2,4200.3%
  6. 6GURCHARAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,7110.2%
  7. 7OM PARKASHLok Shakti · LS1,5190.2%
  8. 8LAKHWINDER SINGHAJBP · AJBP1,2000.1%
  9. 9PARVEEN KAMALICS · ICS9280.1%
  10. 10PREM SINGHIndependent · IND9220.1%
  11. 11PREM SINGHIndependent · IND5590.1%
  12. 12MURARI LALIndependent · IND4760.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–INC swing
−3.1%
SAD share
46.5% → 50.9%
INC share
39.3% → 46.8%
Turnout
57.5% → 61.4%
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