Elections Archive

GEN · Punjab

Amritsar

Daya Singh Sodhi (BJP) won by 91,140 votes (14.1%).

Electors
11,98,245
Votes polled
6,50,837
Valid votes
Turnout
54.3%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 14.1% (median 7.6%). Back to Punjab · 1998 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 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Daya Singh SodhiWinnerBJP3,61,13356.1%
2Raghunandan Lal BhatiaINC2,69,99341.9%
3Durga DassIND5,7460.9%
4Amarjit Kaur GopalpuraBSP(A)3,2770.5%
5Kirpal SinghRJD1,4840.2%
6Beant SinghIND1,1880.2%
7Parveen KumarIND7250.1%
8Ramesh TalbarIND5660.1%

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