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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1997

Amritsar Central

Assembly constituency 18 (GEN) · Punjab

State boardPunjab 1997

[01]Result · 1997

#18 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants10
Electors83,232
Votes polled50,771
Turnout61.0%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerLaxmi Kanta ChawlaBharatiya Janata Party27,07053.9% of votes
MARGIN14,583 votes · 28.7 pp27,070 − 12,487
Runner-upDarbari Lal Indian National Congress12,48724.9% of votes
BJP 68.4% of top-two votesINC 31.6%

All candidates 10

  1. 01 Laxmi Kanta ChawlaBJP27,070 53.9%
  2. 02 Darbari LalINC12,487 24.9%
  3. 03 Arun Kumar PappalIND7,731 15.4%
  4. 04 Harish Kumar TanejaIND2,077 4.1%
  5. 05 Parmod GillIND379 0.8%
  6. 06 Jasmine AsgharBSP265 0.5%
  7. 07 Raman Kumar DuaJD143 0.3%
  8. 08 Satish Kumar BablaSHS57 0.1%
  9. 09 Kuljit SinghIND26 0.1%
  10. 10 Rajneesh KumarIND9 0.0%

Turnout 61.0%

025507510061.0%TURNOUT◦ state median 70.2%
Male 44,61053.6% Female 38,62246.4%

Share of 83,232 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males866
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 117 seats, 199770.2%
  • ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 50,244Residual 527

Seat history 2022–1962

  1. 2022
    6.2 pp
    Jeevan Jyot KaurAam Aadmi Party
  2. 2017
    43.2 pp
    Navjot Singh SidhuIndian National Congress
  3. 2012
    7.7 pp
    Navjot SidhuBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2007
    8.1 pp
    Lakshmi Kanta ChawlaBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2002
    14.0 pp
    Darbari LalIndian National Congress
  6. 1997
    28.7 pp
    Laxmi Kanta ChawlaBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1992
    9.7 pp
    Laxmi KantaBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1985
    1.0 pp
    Darbari LalIndian National Congress
  9. 1980
    15.5 pp
    Darbari LalIndian National Congress
  10. 1977
    5.0 pp
    Balramjidass TandanJanata Party
  11. 1972
    29.8 pp
    Arjan SinghCommunist Party of India
  12. 1969
    0.1 pp
    Gurdip SinghIndian National Congress
  13. 1967
    12.5 pp
    H. SinghApna Dal (Soneylal)
  14. 1962
    13.0 pp
    Dev RajIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 43.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 77.9% of votes; the other 8 candidates 21.0% between them.

    (27,070 + 12,487) ÷ 50,771 = 77.9% · 10,687 ÷ 50,771 = 21.0%

  2. Turnout of 61.0% was 9.2 pp below the state's median seat (70.2%).

    61.0 − 70.2 = −9.2

  3. The margin widened from 9.7 pp in 1992 to 28.7 pp.

    28.7 − 9.7 = +19.0 pp

  4. BJP held the seat it won in 1992.

    1992 BJP · 1997 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines50,244
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled50,771
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 527

Candidate votes miss the published total by 527, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1997 · Punjab · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates10 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 117 seats on the Punjab Vidhan Sabha 1997 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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