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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Balachaur

Assembly constituency 48 (GEN) · Punjab

State boardPunjab 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#48 · GEN
Poll date30 Jan 2012
Contestants6
Electors1,30,076
Votes polled1,02,566
Turnout78.9%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerNand LalShiromani Akali Dal36,80035.8% of votes
MARGIN14,857 votes · 14.5 pp36,800 − 21,943
Runner-upShiv Ram Singh Bahujan Samaj Party21,94321.3% of votes
SAD 62.6% of top-two votesBSP 37.4%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Nand LalSAD36,800 35.8%
  2. 02 Shiv Ram SinghBSP21,943 21.3%
  3. 03 Rajwinder SinghINC20,904 20.3%
  4. 04 Darshan LalPPP18,988 18.5%
  5. 05 Ram Krishan KatariaIND3,107 3.0%
  6. 06 Bhupinder MannIND824 0.8%

Turnout 78.9%

025507510078.9%TURNOUT◦ state median 79.7%
Male 68,31152.5% Female 61,76547.5%

Share of 1,30,076 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males904
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 117 seats, 201279.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 1,02,566Verified

Seat history 2022–1962

  1. 2022
    3.9 pp
    Santosh Kumari KatariaaAam Aadmi Party
  2. 2017
    16.9 pp
    Darshan LalIndian National Congress
  3. 2012
    14.5 pp
    Nand LalShiromani Akali Dal
  4. 2007
    3.0 pp
    Mohinder KaurShiromani Akali Dal
  5. 2002
    1.9 pp
    Ram LubhayaIndian National Congress
  6. 1998
    14.9 pp
    Mohinder KaurShiromani Akali Dal
  7. 1997
    18.1 pp
    Arjan Singh JoshShiromani Akali Dal
  8. 1992
    14.0 pp
    Gurpal ChandBahujan Samaj Party
  9. 1985
    2.3 pp
    Hari MitterIndian National Congress
  10. 1980
    3.5 pp
    Hari Mittar HansIndian National Congress
  11. 1977
    14.2 pp
    Dev Raj NasralaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  12. 1972
    18.8 pp
    Sadhu SinghIndian National Congress
  13. 1969
    23.3 pp
    Atma SinghShiromani Akali Dal
  14. 1967
    5.7 pp
    B. SinghIndian National Congress
  15. 1962
    3.2 pp
    Roop LalIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 23.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed INC polled 20,904 votes, 1.4× the 14,857-vote margin.

    20,904 ÷ 14,857 = 1.4

  2. The top two polled 57.3% of votes; the other 4 candidates 42.7% between them.

    (36,800 + 21,943) ÷ 1,02,566 = 57.3% · 43,823 ÷ 1,02,566 = 42.7%

  3. Turnout of 78.9% was 0.8 pp below the state's median seat (79.7%).

    78.9 − 79.7 = −0.8

  4. The margin widened from 3.0 pp in 2007 to 14.5 pp.

    14.5 − 3.0 = +11.5 pp

  5. SAD held the seat it won in 2007.

    2007 SAD · 2012 SAD

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines1,02,566
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled1,02,566
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2012 · Punjab · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 117 seats on the Punjab Vidhan Sabha 2012 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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