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Haryana · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1996

Rai

Winner — 1996

SURAJ MAL
SLAP
SLAP 32.0%HVP 26.6%17 others 41.3%
Votes
23,490
32.0% share
Winning margin
3,978
5.4% of votes
Total candidates
19
Turnout
60.2%
of 1,21,785

A clear win with a 5.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

19 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SURAJ MAL
SLAP
23,49032.0%
2
MOHANDER
HVP
BJP-HVP Alliance (Haryana, 1996)
19,51226.6%
3
MAHA SINGH
INC
7,33210.0%
4
SHAM LAL
AIIC(T)
6,6549.1%
5
SHAMSHER
IND
4,9246.7%
6
DHARAM PAL
BSP
4,8756.7%
7
KANWAL SINGH
United Front
3,1004.2%
8
RAJINDER
IND
8451.1%
9
RAJBALA
IND
5650.8%
10
KRISHAN CHANDER
IND
4450.6%
11
ISHWAR SINGH
IND
3620.5%
12
SURENDER
IND
3350.5%
13
RAMDHARI
IND
1880.3%
14
JEET SINGH
IND
1770.2%
15
MUKHTIAR SINGH
IND
1770.2%
16
ISHWAR
IND
1390.2%
17
JAI PAL SINGH
IND
890.1%
18
SUKHBIR
IND
680.1%
19
SATYAWAN
IND
390.1%

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.

High turnout (10th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 0.9% · max 48.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
10th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
31st of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
11th of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SLAP 32.0%HVP 26.6%INC 10.0%AIIC(T) 9.1%IND 6.7%BSP 6.7%OTH 8.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,95,189
Density
303 / km²
Sex ratio
898 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,277 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 72.6%Sikh 26.2%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water85.1%
Electricity89.7%
Sanitation89.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.0%
Children underweight (under 5)23.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.9%
Women literate70.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.9%
Clean cooking fuel38.8%
Health insurance26.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton Products (Balls, Swabs)🏺Sheet Fabrication (Pre Fab Structures)

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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