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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1985

Amritsar North

Assembly constituency 16 (GEN) · Punjab

State boardPunjab 1985

[01]Result · 1985

#16 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants13
Electors89,860
Votes polled53,328
Turnout59.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerBrij Bhushan MehraIndian National Congress25,35448.9% of votes
MARGIN13,589 votes · 25.5 pp25,354 − 11,765
Runner-upSatpal Mahajan Bharatiya Janata Party11,76522.7% of votes
INC 68.3% of top-two votesBJP 31.7%

All candidates 13

  1. 01 Brij Bhushan MehraINC25,354 48.9%
  2. 02 Satpal MahajanBJP11,765 22.7%
  3. 03 Hari Singh ArewalaSAD11,356 21.9%
  4. 04 Avtar Singh SachdevaCPI(M)1,139 2.2%
  5. 05 Baij Nath BatiIND951 1.8%
  6. 06 Kartar ChandIND705 1.4%
  7. 07 RanvirIND177 0.3%
  8. 08 Tara SinghIND124 0.2%
  9. 09 Suneel Kumar SharmaIND78 0.2%
  10. 10 Kishen Parshad SharmaIND68 0.1%
  11. 11 Manjit Singh BhatiaIND58 0.1%
  12. 12 Harjit Singh BillaIND52 0.1%
  13. 13 Shangra SinghIND31 0.1%

Turnout 59.3%

025507510059.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 67.8%
Male 47,64653.0% Female 42,21447.0%

Share of 89,860 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males886
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 117 seats, 198567.8%
  • ReconciliationΣ 13 candidates = 51,858Residual 1,470

Seat history 2022–1962

  1. 2022
    37.0 pp
    Dr. Jasbir Singh SandhuAam Aadmi Party
  2. 2017
    25.2 pp
    Raj Kumar VerkaIndian National Congress
  3. 2012
    12.1 pp
    Raj KumarIndian National Congress
  4. 2007
    19.7 pp
    Anil JoshiBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2002
    25.9 pp
    Jugal Kishore SharmaIndian National Congress
  6. 1997
    27.9 pp
    Baldev Raj ChawlaBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1992
    11.8 pp
    Faqur ChandIndian National Congress
  8. 1985
    25.5 pp
    Brij Bhushan MehraIndian National Congress
  9. 1980
    18.5 pp
    Brij Bhushan MehraIndian National Congress
  10. 1977
    8.9 pp
    Harbans Lal KhannaJanata Party
  11. 1972
    8.3 pp
    Jaswant KaurIndian National Congress
  12. 1969
    21.7 pp
    Mohan SinghShiromani Akali Dal
  13. 1967
    1.9 pp
    J.M.S. NagokeIndian National Congress
  14. 1962
    11.4 pp
    Shanno DeviIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 37.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 69.6% of votes; the other 11 candidates 27.6% between them.

    (25,354 + 11,765) ÷ 53,328 = 69.6% · 14,739 ÷ 53,328 = 27.6%

  2. Turnout of 59.3% was 8.5 pp below the state's median seat (67.8%).

    59.3 − 67.8 = −8.5

  3. The margin widened from 18.5 pp in 1980 to 25.5 pp.

    25.5 − 18.5 = +7.0 pp

  4. Brij Bhushan Mehra also won in 1980.

    1980 winner name = 1985 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 13 candidate lines51,858
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled53,328
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,470

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,470, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1985 · Punjab · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates13 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 117 seats on the Punjab Vidhan Sabha 1985 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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