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347. Bhatinda

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BHATINDA

SAD 53.0%won by 7.4%CPI 45.7%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.6% to 7.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.7% of the vote between them, up from 75.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.1% to 56.6%.

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

Electorate
11,98,394
Turnout
56.6%
Valid votes
6,78,183
Margin
49,856
7.35%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1CHATIN SINGH SAMAONShiromani Akali Dal · SAD3,59,52753.0%
  2. 2BHAN SINGH BHAURACommunist Party of India · CPI3,09,67145.7%
  3. 3RAGHBIR SINGHIndependent · IND3,2170.5%
  4. 4BALVIR KAURIndependent · IND3,1430.5%
  5. 5RADHEY SHYAMABJS · ABJS2,6250.4%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–CPI swing
−25.8%
SAD share
44.7% → 53.0%
CPI share
11.5% → 45.7%
Turnout
59.7% → 56.6%
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