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Elections 98

State: Punjab
Constituency: Ropar (SC)
Total Votes Polled: 711520
Winner: SAD Satwinder Kaur 378487
Runner Up: BSP Man Singh 292983
Margin: 85504 (23%)


Elections 96

State: Punjab
Constituency: Ropar (SC)
Total Votes Polled: 689353
Winner: SAD Basant Singh 327958
Runner Up: INC Shamsher Singh 256867
Margin: 71091 (10.51%)


Former Union home minister Buta Singh's constituency, which he represented in Parliament in 1967, 1971 and in 1980. The Akali Dal won the seat in 1985 and 1989, before the seat reverted to the Congress in 1992. In 1996, the Akali Dal's Basant Singh defeated Congress candidate Shamsher Singh by 70,000 votes.

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