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The Congress and the Akali Dal (Kabul) today began their campaign for power in Punjab with each party winning one seat in the 117-member state Assembly. Capt Amarinder Singh, chairman of the Dal (K) Parliamentary Board and an aspirant for the Chief Ministership was declared elected unopposed from the Samana Assembly constituency of Patiala district following withdrawal by all other candidates.
In Tarn Taran Assembly constituency of Amritsar district, Mr Dilbagh Singh Daleke (Congress I), a former Punjab Minister, was also declared elected unopposed following the withdrawal by all other candidates from the contest.
Final party position in Punjab Assembly
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 6
Communist Party of India (CPI) 4
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 1
Indian National Congress (INC) 87
Janata Dal (JD) 1
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 9
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 3
Indian Peoples Front (IPF) 1
United Communist Party of India (UCPI) 1
Independent (IND) 4
winners
Vimla Dang (CPI) Amritsar West
Satpaul Gosain (BJP) Ludhiana East
Amarinder Singh (SAD) Uncontested Samana
Harcharn Singh (INC) Ajnala
Maninderjit Singh (INC) Amritsar South
losers
Sat Pal Mahajan (BJP) Amritsar North
Basant Singh (INC) Anandpur Sahib Ropar
Capt Kanwaljit Singh (SAD) Banur
Bir Devinder Singh (INC) Sirhind
Buta Singh (CPI) Mansa
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