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Amritsar

Winner — 1972 by-election

INC 59.6%SAD 21.5%2 others 18.9%
Votes
2,14,070
59.6% share
Winning margin
1,37,072
38.2% of votes
Total votes cast
3,58,948
Candidates
4
Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R.L.BHATIA
2,14,07059.6%
2
G.SINGH
76,99821.4%
3
G.S.BAL
63,00517.6%
4
S.MASIH
IND
4,8751.4%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Low turnout (11th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
38.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.8% · min 1.6% · max 30.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
11th of 13

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.90
fewer partiesmore parties
13th of 13

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
6th of 13

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.6%SAD 21.4%BJS 17.6%OTH 1.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
21,93,590
Density
836 / km²
Sex ratio
915 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,624 km²
SC population39.0%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
64%HINDU
Hindu 63.6%Sikh 32.8%Other 3.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water65.4%
Electricity98.3%
Sanitation86.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.3%
Children fully vaccinated91.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.8%
Children underweight (under 5)16.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.0%
Women literate86.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.4%
Clean cooking fuel82.3%
Health insurance25.9%

What's nearby?

18 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hand Tools🏺Honey🏺Leather🏺Sports Goods
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Ancient Mound, Katpalon

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient Mound

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Maharaja Ranjit Singh Fort at Phillar

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Fort at Phillar

🏛️MonumentASI

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Fort at Phillar

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Mughal Bridge

🏛️MonumentASI

Mughal Bridge

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Mughal Kos Minar, Three Miles of north-west of Dakhni Sarai

🏛️MonumentASI

Mughal Kos Minar, Three Miles of north-west of Dakhni Sarai

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Sarai Including Gateway, Dakhni

🏛️MonumentASI

Sarai Including Gateway

Sarai including gateway, Nurmahal

Sarai including gateway, Nurmahal

🏛️MonumentASI

Sarai including gateway

Seven Kos Minars on old Badshahi highway form Delhi to Lahore

Seven Kos Minars on old Badshahi highway form Delhi to Lahore

🏛️MonumentASI

Seven Kos Minars on old Badshahi highway form Delhi to Lahore

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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