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Punjab Assembly Election, 1997

117 seats · 94 changed party since 1992

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Party standings

Punjab Assembly Election, 1997 · 7 parties won seats

Derived
Shiromani Akali Dal — 75 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 18 seatsIndian National Congress — 14 seatsIndependent — 6 seatsCommunist Party of India — 2 seatsBahujan Samaj Party — 1 seatSADM — 1 seat59117of 117 seats
  • SAD75
  • BJP18
  • INC14
  • IND6
  • CPI2
  • BSP1
  • SADM1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
SADShiromani Akali Dal7564%38,73,09937.6%92
BJPBharatiya Janata Party1815%8,57,2198.3%22
INCIndian National Congress1412%27,36,34626.6%105
INDIndependent65%11,18,34810.9%244
CPICommunist Party of India22%3,07,0233.0%15
BSPBahujan Samaj Party11%7,69,6757.5%67
SADMSADM11%3,19,1113.1%30
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)00%1,83,9781.8%25

+ 22 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Punjab Assembly Election, 1997 · winner by seat

117 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 59

1997 · selected
Majority 59
SAD75BJP18INC14IND6CPI2BSP1SADM1
1992 · previous
Majority 59

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1992 → 1997

1992 1997· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
5.2
37.6
16.5
8.3
43.8
26.6
9.2
10.9
3.6
3.0
16.3
7.5
0.0
3.1
SADBJPINCINDCPIBSPSADM

Seat change

1997 seats minus 1992 seats

seats lostseats gained
SAD
3 → 75
+72
BJP
6 → 18
+12
INC
87 → 14
−73
IND
4 → 6
+2
CPI
4 → 2
−2
BSP
9 → 1
−8
SADM
0 → 1
+1
CPM
1 → 0
−1
JD
1 → 0
−1
UCPI
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1992 → 1997

share lostshare gained
SAD
5.2% → 37.6%
+32.4%
SADM
0.0% → 3.1%
+3.1%
IND
9.2% → 10.9%
+1.6%
UCPI
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.5%
CPM
2.4% → 1.8%
−0.6%
CPI
3.6% → 3.0%
−0.7%
JD
2.2% → 0.6%
−1.6%
BJP
16.5% → 8.3%
−8.1%
BSP
16.3% → 7.5%
−8.8%
INC
43.8% → 26.6%
−17.2%

Biggest SAD–INC swings

Seats where the SAD-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1992 → 1997. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (SAD share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward SAD; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward SAD
Naushahra Panwan
+139.6%
Attari
+121.9%
Verka
+112.6%
Ludhiana Rural
+105.6%
Bholath
+100.7%
Sardulgarh
+99.0%
Payal
+96.7%
Lambi
+94.4%
Patti
+93.0%
Amritsar South
+90.9%
Lohian
+88.0%
Valtoha
+87.7%

Closest races · 1997

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1997

117 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1992