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Punjab Assembly Election, 2002

117 seats · 73 changed party since 1997

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Party standings

Punjab Assembly Election, 2002 · 5 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 62 seatsShiromani Akali Dal — 41 seatsIndependent — 9 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 3 seatsCommunist Party of India — 2 seats59117of 117 seats
  • INC62
  • SAD41
  • IND9
  • BJP3
  • CPI2

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress6253%36,82,87735.8%105
SADShiromani Akali Dal4135%31,96,92431.1%92
INDIndependent98%11,59,55211.3%274
BJPBharatiya Janata Party33%5,83,2145.7%23
CPICommunist Party of India22%2,20,7852.1%11
BSPBahujan Samaj Party00%5,85,5795.7%100
SADMSADM00%4,78,1154.6%84
LBPLBP00%1,19,9231.2%38

+ 25 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Punjab Assembly Election, 2002 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 59

2002 · selected
Majority 59
INC62SAD41IND9BJP3CPI2
1997 · previous
Majority 59

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1997 → 2002

1997 2002· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
26.6
35.8
37.6
31.1
10.9
11.3
8.3
5.7
7.5
5.7
3.1
4.6
INCSADINDBJPBSPSADM

Seat change

2002 seats minus 1997 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
14 → 62
+48
SAD
75 → 41
−34
IND
6 → 9
+3
BJP
18 → 3
−15
CPI
2 → 2
0
BSP
1 → 0
−1
SADM
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1997 → 2002

share lostshare gained
INC
26.6% → 35.8%
+9.2%
SADM
3.1% → 4.6%
+1.5%
LBP
0.0% → 1.2%
+1.2%
NCP
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
IND
10.9% → 11.3%
+0.4%
DBSM
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
JD
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.6%
CPI
3.0% → 2.1%
−0.8%
CPM
1.8% → 0.4%
−1.4%
BSP
7.5% → 5.7%
−1.8%

Biggest INC–SAD swings

Seats where the INC-vs-SAD vote gap moved most, 1997 → 2002. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward SADtoward INC
Ludhiana Rural
+78.2%
Patiala Town
+69.6%
Muktsar
+62.2%
Payal
+58.2%
Banga
+56.9%
Sham Chaurasi
+51.4%
Malerkotla
+49.8%
Nawan Shahr
+46.9%
Verka
+44.2%
Kharar
+42.0%
Ludhiana West
+41.4%
Attari
+40.7%

Closest races · 2002

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

All constituencies · 2002

117 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1997