AUTO PARTS GCOLDENLAND', THE TRIBUNE $1 AG ESTRYCceJCEeaV) & HO: SCO 824-25, Chd-Kalka Anad, 117TH YEAR OF PUBLICATION aja, Chandigarh Ph: 0172-554114 VISITFOROETAILS - - [, oI. 117 No 40 City Edition Chandigarh: Monday, February 10, 1997 Pages 16: Rs 2-00 SAD= BJP alliance swept to power Tribune News Service Jassowal, lost his Security deposit, polling only 4,716 votes. test. Mr Gul.zar Singh Ranike (Akali-B) Sarup Singh (Akali-B) was elected was elected from Attari (SC) defeat- CHANDIGARH, Feb 9 - Mr Badal also won from Lambi boan Asiampur defeating his nearest ins his nearest rival Sardul Singh Alter securing an absolute constituency in Far,dkot district, where lie defeated Mr Gurnam Singh rival Kanwsljit Singh (Congress) by a (C?!) by a margin of more than majority, ththee tes in a SAD-BJP Abulkhurana, a Congress minister, Cong routed, BSP humbled margin of more than 38,000 vo 40,000 votes in a four-cornered con- alliance raced past by 28,728 votes. - five-cornered contest. teat. the two-thirds mark and But Mr Mann was trailing at third Ranjit Singh Brahmpura (Akall Balbir Singh (Akali-B) won from The CPI which contested 14 seats Nirmalin Singh Kahlon, a tormer elections with the blessings of his Mskhan Singh (Akali-B) won the Del-B) was declared elected from Nathana (SC) seat defeating his was heading towards an place in his home constituency of under an electoral understanding r, who fought as an indepen- Sirhind behind Dr Herbaria Lal m iste Pacca Kalan seat defeating his Naushera Panuan defeating his nearest rival Gulzar Singh (Congress) unprecedented and historic with the Congress, picked up only dent from Fatehgarh Churlan as he In Patiala city, Mr Brahm Mohin- nearest rival Rijeshwar Daze (Con- nearest Congress rival Master Jagir by a margin of more than 16,900 (Congress) and Mr Kirpal Singh Lib- two seats while the other Left party, symbol. three-fourths majority in ra (SAD) ina multi-cornered contest. could not get the SAD dra, Punjab minister, lost to Mr Sur- grass) by a margin of more than Singh (Congress) by a margin of more votes in a five-cornered contest. CPM, failed to open Its account. It The old Congress warhorse, Dr lit Singh Kohll of SAD by 12,664 11,200 votes in a six-cornered con- than 31,000 votes in a three-cornered the 117-member Punjab had contested 26 Raghubir Singh (Akali-B) was seats. The Janata votes while Capt Kanwaljit Singh, test. contest. elected from Kapurthala defeating Assembly. Dal which contested 27 seats met general secretary, SAD, was Tam Singh (Akali Dal-B) won the with the same fate. declared Tej Parkash (Congress) was elected his nearest rival Gulzac Singh (Con- In its inexorable march towards elected from Banur constituency, de- from Jalsndhar Conti defeating his Anandpur Sahib seat defeating his gress) by a margin of more thaü in The BJP which contested 22 Seats testing Mr Mohinder Singh Gill nearest rival Ramesh Dutt (Congress) 12,000 forming the next government the in alliance Party nearest rival Surjlt Singh Minhas votes in a seven-cornered con- state, the SAD-BJP combine swept with SAD picked up 17 position (Congress), Punjab Agriculture (Akali-B) by a margin of more than by a margin of more than 6,000 votes teat. seats and was leading in two more. aside almost all before it, decimating Minister, by 22,500 votes. 3,600 votes in a seven-cornered con- in a four-cornered contest. Continued in page I eel 4 the ruling Congress Among those who romped home were party and humb- Mr Balramjl Dam Tendon Counting of flog both the rival Alkali Dal led by from Rs- votes began in Punjab pure where he defeated Mr Raj (3.00 a.m.) in the morning and the counting Mr Slmranjlt Singh Mann and the trends were SP headed by Mr Kanshi Ram. Khurana, sitting Congress minister available by the after- by 1,091 votes in a tough contest. Total seats 117 noon. The first result of the day went 'tceording to the latest party posi- Capt Kanwaljit Singh, secretary Elections held 117 In favour of the B.JP candidate, Mr tion, SAD, which contested 92 seat, general of SAD, was elected from Results declared Kinds in Jalandhar has won 72. The BJP which contested Banur constituency, defeating Mr 113 (North)Me so who defeated Mr Jai Krishan 22 seats, won 18 and was leading in Mohinder Singh Gill, Congress SAD 72 Sani. one. If the alliance maintained this minister by 22,500 votes. BJP 18 tiwod, as seemed likely, it would pick But the SAD-BJP combine's vic- From the Amritsar central consti- up9l seats in the ll7-mesnberHouae, tory was not without bitter setbacks. 13 tuency, the SW firebrand leader, Mrs well past the three-fourth majority Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhlndsa, secret- BSP 01 Luxsni Kanta Chawla (sitting) was mark of 87 seats. ary-general of SAD, lost to Mr Shag- SAD (Mann) 01 declared elected. She defeated nine The Congress, which had 87 seats wan Daze Arora in Sunarn consti- CPI rivals, Including Prof Darbarl Lai of in the outgoing House, faced a virtual tuency of Sangrur district. His defeat 02 the Congress party. rout but salvaged some of Its prestige was being attributed to bitter in- Independents 06 In the Patti constituency, Mr Adeah when the Chleç Minister, Mrs Eajin- fighting in SAD's Sangrur unit. Partap Singh (SAD), a grandson of Another leader of SAD, Mr BaIwin- Partap Singh Kairon and son-in-law dec Kaur Bhattal, was declared Kewal Krishan Finance Minister, elected from Lehragaga constituency, Parkash Singh Badal (wins) der Singh Bhunder, also lost In Bar- of Mr Parkash Singh Badal, was dulgarh constituency. who represented the ?.fukerian con- declared elected. He defeated his defeating her nearest SAD rival, Mr Mr Mann's defeat is seen ass decisive stituency for six consecutive terms, Oarja Singh, by a convincing margin. of the But many of Mrs Bhattal's col- nearest Congress rival, Mr Sukhwln- and final rejection militant leagues lost to a political novice, Mr But the hardliner Akall leader, Mr by the fell by the wayside. They Arunesh der Singh by a margin of 46,485 Ideology he represented people included Dr Slmranjit Singh Mann, was not no of Punjab Kewal Krishan, Finance Shakir of the BJP by more than votes. lucky. He lost in one constituency, Minister, Mr Dilbagh Singh Daleke, 19,000 votes. However, an attempt by another Speaker and Mr Nareah Thakur, De- In Ferozepore city constituency, Mr and was trailing in the second. In Kanshi Youngman to make his political debut Mr Rain and his BSP met puty Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Gardhara Singh of the BJP won the Qila Raipur, he narrowly escaped their Waterloo in the birthplace of in the Punjab Assembly was in Sabha, Mr Joginder Singh Mann, Mr seat defeating Mr Mukhtlar Singh' Rajanbir forfeiture of his security deposit their party in the Doaba region of Jeopardy. Mr Singh, son of when he was trounced by the SAD Avtar Singh Brar, Mr Raghunath Kamboj (BSP) and Dr Shavinder the late Punjab minister, Mr Balwant Punjab. At the time of going to the Sahal Purl, Mr Partap Siogh Be Kaur Johi of the Congress A relation supremo and the chief ministerial Press, the party was able to win only Singh was trailing behind his SAD candidate, Mr Parkash Singh Rectal. Mr Santokh Singh, Mr Herbans of Mr Badal, Dr Johi headed the Istri rival, Mrs Upjlt Kaur in the Sultan- one of the 67 seats it contested in Singh Sidhu, Mr at Krishan Salni, Akall Dal before she quit SAD and He was beaten to the third place after Punjab. Among those who lost were pur Lodhi constituency. Mr Tarsem Jodhan, sitting CPM Mr Dharam Pal Sabharwai, Mr joined the Congress. Mr Satnam Singh Kainth, leader of Surinder Ka r, Master Jagir Mr Sukhpal Singh, son of the for- MLA, who polled 27,100 votes. Mr the Manoranjan Kalia (BJP) was nine-member BSP group in the Singh, Mr Gurnam Singh Abulkhur- mer Akall minister, Mr Sulchjinder Badal secured 38,522 votes, while the outgoing assembly. The ES? supre- elected from Jalandhar Central de- ana and Mr Guizar Singh, all minis- Singh, a wellknown Kha1istan1" testing his nearest rival Jai Kishan Congress candidate, Mr Jagdev Singh mo's boast that he would have a ten ideologue, lost to the SAD candidate Rain (Congress) by a margin of more - decisive say in choosing the F. next Mr Sukhjinder Singh ItanWiawa, in Bholath constituency of Kapurtha- 19,300 votes in a Chief Minister of Punjab turned out PCC chief, Mr than 10-cornered son of the Punjab Ia district. Mr Sukhpsl Singh joined contest. to be mere prattle. Santokh Singh Randhawa lost to Mr the Congress party shortly before the Sadhu Singh (Akall Dal-S) won the Nagar on Sunday. - A tribune photo by Karam Singh Spotlight I Payal seat defeating his nearest CPI rival Kartar Singh by a margin of more than 7,200 votes in a three- . EC orders Prominent winners èornered contest. - Laxinl Kants Chawla (SIP) was Mr Parkash Singh Bartel (8AD- Adesh Partap Singh Mood (SAD-Patti), Mr purl, Mr upbeat Avtar Henry (Congress elected from Amritsar (Central) di- in BJP repoll Kils Raipur), Mrs Luxmi Kanto Tej Parkash Singh (Congress-Jalan- North), Mr Manjit Singh Calcutta testing her nearest rival Prof Darbari Chswis (BJP-Amritsar Central), Mr From K.V' Proud polls there. The SW Is the main party changed the Chief Minister as late as NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (UNI) - dhar Csntt), Mr Ranjit Singh Brehm- (SAD-Amljtsar-South).