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Punjab: Resurgence of the Congress
The Congress improved significantly on its electoral performance in Punjab as compared to the previous Lok Sabha elections. The slender lead in terms of votes polled enabled the Congress to march ahead of the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party combine in terms of the number of seats won. The inability of the Bahujan Samaj Party to mobilise the dalit vote also helped the Congress which has had a relatively good support base amongst the dalits in different religions. The Congress also benefited from the gradual slide of the left parties, its erstwhile electoral allies.
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| Punjab: Resurgence of the Congress | took lead (65) as against 44 constituencies, which are at present being represented by the party legislators. As for the other parties in the fray, the Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) poor electoral |
| performance continued despite a signifi- | |
| Ashutosh Kumar, Jagroop Singh Sekhon | cant presence of the dalits, which as per the |
The Congress improved significantly on its electoral performance in Punjab as compared to the previous Lok Sabha elections. The slender lead in terms of votes polled enabled the Congress to march ahead of the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party combine in terms of the number of seats won. The inability of the Bahujan Samaj Party to mobilise the dalit vote also helped the Congress which has had a relatively good support base amongst the dalits in different religions. The Congress also benefited from the gradual slide of the left parties, its erstwhile electoral allies.
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