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348. Faridkot

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-FARIDKOT

SAD 50.8%won by 4.0%INC 46.7%

What changed here

Derived

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.8% to 4.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.5% of the vote between them, up from 73.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
12,02,148
Turnout
72.0%
Valid votes
8,66,143
Margin
34,959
4.04%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SAD
  1. 1SUKHBIR SINGH BADALShiromani Akali Dal · SAD4,39,74950.8%
  2. 2JAGMEET SINGH BRARIndian National Congress · INC4,04,79046.7%
  3. 3AVTAR SINGHIndependent · IND13,5681.6%
  4. 4SUKHPAL SINGHIndependent · IND5,3410.6%
  5. 5SUKHBVIR SINGHIndependent · IND2,6950.3%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
SAD
Winner now
SAD
SAD–INC swing
−0.8%
SAD share
39.0% → 50.8%
INC share
34.2% → 46.7%
Turnout
70.6% → 72.0%
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