Elections Archive

GEN · Punjab

Amritsar

Raghnandan Lal Bhatia (INC) won by 33,672 votes (5.1%).

Electors
11,34,857
Votes polled
6,67,780
Valid votes
Turnout
58.8%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 5.1% (median 9.4%). Back to Punjab · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Marginal (2–5%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
4.5%(-7.2%)
Turnout
56.2%(-2.3%)
NOTA
0.4%
Top-2 squeeze
52.1%

Winning margin over time · Amritsar

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Candidates

Candidates · Amritsar 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Raghnandan Lal BhatiaWinnerINC2,68,49041.0%
2Kirpal SinghJD2,34,81835.9%
3Baldev Raj ChawlaBJP83,98112.8%
4Daljit Singh SandhuSAD(M)19,9803.1%
5Kewal KrishanAIIC(T)12,4301.9%
6Rehmat MasihIND11,6691.8%
7Shanker SinghBSP(A)5,2710.8%
8Parkash Singh GillIND3,0270.5%
9Raman KumarSHS1,9910.3%
10Balkar SinghIND1,8340.3%
11JagdishIND1,6860.3%
12Baldev RajIND1,5020.2%
13Satnam SinghIND1,4250.2%
14O. P. SinghIND1,2930.2%
15Ajaib SinghIND1,2680.2%
16Mahinder SinghIND1,2300.2%
17Sushil RaiIND8850.1%
18Balwant RaiFBL7760.1%
19Jai GopalIND5800.1%
20Ram SaranIND3030.0%

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