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338. Amritsar

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-AMRITSAR

INC 50.3%won by 5.4%BJP 44.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 41.9% to 50.3% of the vote here (+8.4%).
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.4% to 47.4%.

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

Electorate
12,44,316
Turnout
47.4%
Valid votes
5,89,600
Margin
31,999
5.43%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1Raghunandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress · INC2,96,53350.3%
  2. 2Daya Singh SodhiBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,64,53444.9%
  3. 3Bhupinder Singh MannSHSAD · SHSAD17,5813.0%
  4. 4Chatarbhuj JoshiIndependent · IND2,4440.4%
  5. 5Ramesh TalwarIndependent · IND2,2190.4%
  6. 6Amarjit KaurBSPA · BSPA1,6460.3%
  7. 7Sat Pal DograIndependent · IND1,3930.2%
  8. 8Kasturi LalIndependent · IND1,3780.2%
  9. 9Ashwani KumarFBL · FBL7000.1%
  10. 10Col. J.S. BalIndependent · IND6180.1%
  11. 11Malkiat Singh RandhawaNationalist Congress Party · NCP5540.1%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+19.6%
INC share
41.9% → 50.3%
BJP share
56.1% → 44.9%
Turnout
53.8% → 47.4%
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