FatehabadAssembly by-election result, 1998
Sampat Singh (HLD(R)) won Fatehabad in the 1998 assembly by-election with 41.1% of the vote, beating Jarnail Kaur (HVP) by 7,162 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 78 was Sirsa. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2005. From 2009, seat no. 78 is Sohna. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A clear win with a 7.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
13 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sampat Singh HLD(R) | HLD(R) | 39,71241.1% |
| 2 | Jarnail Kaur HVP | HVP | 32,55033.7% |
| 3 | Ram Raj Mehta | 15,88316.4% | |
| 4 | Comrade Krishan Swarup | 6,7347.0% | |
| 5 | Gurmukh Singh IND | IND | 5120.5% |
| 6 | Subhash IND | IND | 4150.4% |
| 7 | Leela Krishan Choudhary IND | IND | 2200.2% |
| 8 | Ran Singh IND | IND | 1750.2% |
| 9 | Baldev Singh Badal IND | IND | 1610.2% |
| 10 | Ram Murti IND | IND | 1210.1% |
| 11 | Chhotu Ram IND | IND | 830.1% |
| 12 | Bani Singh IND | IND | 440.1% |
| 13 | Fateh Chand IND | IND | 360.0% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A clear win, a fragmented field.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
The top three took 91% of the votes.
Parties in the race 3.18 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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