Constituency
340. Jullundur
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-JULLUNDUR
INC 47.5%won by 6.1%SAD 41.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 38.8% to 47.5% of the vote here (+8.7%).
- New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 41.3% — it did not contest here in 1998.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.8% between them, down from 97.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.6% to 49.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,42,090
Turnout
49.3%
Valid votes
5,62,889
Margin
34,566
6.14%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1Balbir SinghIndian National Congress · INC2,67,20947.5%
- 2Prabhjot KaurShiromani Akali Dal · SAD2,32,64341.3%
- 3Kuldip Singh WadalaIndependent · IND38,6496.9%
- 4Sant Sukhjit SinghIndependent · IND10,8451.9%
- 5Master Baldev SinghBSPA · BSPA6,1161.1%
- 6James MasihIndependent · IND3,7680.7%
- 7Balbir SinghIndependent · IND1,4890.3%
- 8Kulbhushan KumarIndependent · IND8460.2%
- 9Amritpal SinghIndependent · IND6970.1%
- 10Darshan SinghIndependent · IND3300.1%
- 11Dr. Waryam Singh RajpootIndependent · IND2970.1%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SAD swing
- −32.6%
- INC share
- 38.8% → 47.5%
- SAD share
- 0.0% → 41.3%
- Turnout
- 57.9% → 49.3%