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Hoshiarpur #6GEN
Won
Zail Singh
INCI Indian National Congress (I)Margin
1,25,186 26.5 pp
votes
over Balbir Singh (JPS)
The contest
Electors7,32,020
Votes polled4,72,728
Turnout64.6%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors3.85 L52.6% of electorate
Female electors3.47 L47.4% of electorate
Sex ratio
903females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zail Singh | INCI | 2,23,976 | 47.40% | |
| 2 | Balbir Singh | JPS | 98,790 | 20.90% | |
| 3 | Yagya Datt | JP | 95,660 | 20.20% | |
| 4 | Daljit Singh Randhawa | IND | 23,979 | 5.10% | |
| 5 | Jaswant Singh | IND | 5,715 | 1.20% | |
| 6 | Mangal Sain | IND | 4,205 | 0.90% | |
| 7 | Joginder Pal | IND | 3,709 | 0.80% | |
| 8 | Bhagat Singh Maighowalia | AILP | 3,646 | 0.80% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 13,048, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 459,680 · NOTA n/a · published 472,728 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1980
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- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12