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Haryana · Assembly Constituency 10 · 1972

Shahabad

Winner — 1972

AMIR CHAND
INC· Congress (R)
INC 38.4%CPI 37.1%3 others 24.5%
Votes
14,735
38.4% share
Winning margin
511
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
74.8%
of 51,287

Shahabad was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 511 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AMIR CHAND
Congress (R)
14,73538.4%
2
HARNAM SINGH
Left
14,22437.1%
3
SANTOKH SINGH
Grand Alliance
8,26321.6%
4
DALEEP SINGH
IND
6551.7%
5
JAGJIT SINGH
4741.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

Average turnout (26th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 0.9% · max 26.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
26th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.56
fewer partiesmore parties
42nd of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
41st of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
81 seats · 41 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.56EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.4%CPI 37.1%BJS 21.6%OTH 3.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,14,205
Density
687 / km²
Sex ratio
878 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,768 km²
SC population25.3%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.1%Muslim 11.4%Sikh 7.0%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water77.5%
Electricity95.3%
Sanitation65.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.8%
Children fully vaccinated82.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.7%
Children underweight (under 5)23.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.6%
Women literate85.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.9%
Clean cooking fuel77.7%
Health insurance20.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Metal Utensils🏺Plywood

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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