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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1989

Amritsar

Parliamentary constituency 2 (GEN) · Punjab

State boardPunjab 1989

[01]Result · 1989

#2 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants30Candidate lines
Electors9,94,500
Votes polled5,88,238
Turnout59.2%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerKirpal SinghIndependent2,72,42746.3% of votes
MARGIN1,23,213 votes · 20.9 pp2,72,427 − 1,49,214
Runner-upRaghunandan Lal Bhatia Indian National Congress1,49,21425.4% of votes
IND 64.6% of top-two votesINC 35.4%

All candidates 30

  1. 01 Kirpal SinghIND2,72,427 46.3%
  2. 02 Raghunandan Lal BhatiaINC1,49,214 25.4%
  3. 03 Baldev ParkashBJP1,05,831 18.0%
  4. 04 Manji Singh CalcuttaSAD17,958 3.1%
  5. 05 Iqbal Singh BhagowaliaBSP11,696 2.0%
  6. 06 Kartar KaurIND3,048 0.5%
  7. 07 Tara SinghIND2,222 0.4%
  8. 08 Karnail SinghAIGC2,147 0.4%
  9. 09 Madan LalIND1,913 0.3%
  10. 10 Guridail Singh Sodhi CalcuttawaleIND1,376 0.2%
  11. 11 Lakhhman SinghIND1,359 0.2%
  12. 12 Bhawani KumarIND962 0.2%
  13. 13 Balwant RaiIND909 0.2%
  14. 14 Sudhir Kumar BhagatIND867 0.1%
  15. 15 Mohinder SinghIND762 0.1%
  16. 16 Mit SinghIND721 0.1%
  17. 17 Sucha SinghIND702 0.1%
  18. 18 RakeshIND637 0.1%
  19. 19 Kundan Singh SadhuIND561 0.1%
  20. 20 Madho SinghIND514 0.1%
  21. 21 Inderjit Singh TrungIND506 0.1%
  22. 22 Niranjan SinghIND438 0.1%
  23. 23 HemantIND383 0.1%
  24. 24 Tarlochan Singh JudgeIND339 0.1%
  25. 24 Vidya Sagar SinghIND339 0.1%
  26. 26 Sarabjit Singh GumtalaIND337 0.1%
  27. 27 Ashok KumarPNF314 0.1%
  28. 27 Deepinder SinghDP314 0.1%
  29. 29 Ramrajinder Singh KirtiAISBJ216 0.0%
  30. 30 Bita SinghIND210 0.0%

Turnout 59.2%

025507510059.2%TURNOUT◦ state median 61.9%
Male 5.41 lakh54.4% Female 4.53 lakh45.6%

Share of 9,94,500 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males838
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 13 seats, 198961.9%
  • ReconciliationΣ 30 candidates = 5,79,222Residual 9,016

Seat history 2024–1969

  1. 2024
    4.4 pp
    Gurjeet Singh AujlaIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    11.6 pp
    Gurjeet Singh AujlaIndian National Congress
  3. 2014
    10.2 pp
    Captain Amarinder SinghIndian National Congress
  4. 2009
    0.8 pp
    Navjot Singh SidhuBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2007
    8.8 pp
    Navjot Singh SidhuBharatiya Janata Party
  6. 2004
    15.4 pp
    Navjot Singh SidhuBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1999
    5.4 pp
    Raghunandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress
  8. 1998
    14.0 pp
    Daya Singh SodhiBharatiya Janata Party
  9. 1996
    5.0 pp
    Raghnandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress
  10. 1992
    24.3 pp
    Raghunandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress
  11. 1991
    23.2 pp
    Raghunandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress
  12. 1989
    20.9 pp
    Kirpal SinghIndependent
  13. 1985
    20.7 pp
    Raghunandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress
  14. 1984
    19.7 pp
    Raghunandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress
  15. 1980
    22.3 pp
    Raghunandan LalIndian National Congress
  16. 1977
    5.2 pp
    Baldev ParkashBharatiya Lok Dal
  17. 1969
    27.6 pp
    G.SinghShiromani Akali Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 27.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 71.7% of votes; the other 28 candidates 26.8% between them.

    (2,72,427 + 1,49,214) ÷ 5,88,238 = 71.7% · 1,57,581 ÷ 5,88,238 = 26.8%

  2. Turnout of 59.2% was 2.7 pp below the state's median seat (61.9%).

    59.2 − 61.9 = −2.7

  3. The margin widened from 20.7 pp in 1985 to 20.9 pp.

    20.9 − 20.7 = +0.2 pp

  4. Raghunandan Lal Bhatia, the 1985 winner, finished second in 1989.

    1985 winner name = 1989 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 30 candidate lines5,79,222
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled5,88,238
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 9,016

Candidate votes miss the published total by 9,016, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1989 · Punjab · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates30 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 13 seats on the Punjab Lok Sabha 1989 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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