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Haryana · Assembly Constituency 9 · 1996
Ambala City
Winner — 1996
FAQIR CHAND
BJP· BJP-HVP Alliance (Haryana, 1996)
BJP 38.2%INC 33.3%13 others 28.5%
Votes
28,570
38.2% share
Winning margin
3,670
4.9% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
65.2%
of 1,14,794
A closely fought contest. FAQIR CHAND won with a 4.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
15 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAQIR CHAND | BJP-HVP Alliance (Haryana, 1996) | 28,570 | 38.2% |
| 2 | SUMER CHAND | INC | 24,900 | 33.3% |
| 3 | RAMESHWAR PARSHAD | SLAP | 8,511 | 11.4% |
| 4 | PURAN PARKASH SAINI | BSP | 5,822 | 7.8% |
| 5 | SUKHDEV SINGH GOVIND GARH | IND | 2,996 | 4.0% |
| 6 | RAJ KUMAR | AIIC(T) | 2,107 | 2.8% |
| 7 | NIRMALA SANDHU | IND | 448 | 0.6% |
| 8 | SOM NATH BOH | BSP(A) | 425 | 0.6% |
| 9 | BANARSI DASS PARJAPAT | IND | 293 | 0.4% |
| 10 | SHIV KUMAR SHARMA | IND | 222 | 0.3% |
| 11 | GOVARDHAN DASS | IND | 219 | 0.3% |
| 12 | VARINDER KUMAR HANDA | IND | 84 | 0.1% |
| 13 | ANIL SHARMA | ICS | 82 | 0.1% |
| 14 | JAGJIT SINGH MAHI | IND | 82 | 0.1% |
| 15 | NARESH KUMAR SHARMA | 73 | 0.1% |
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.
Average turnout (58th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe4.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.7% · min 1.0% · max 53.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
58th of 90How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.91
fewer partiesmore parties
27th of 90How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
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25th of 90Where does the house stand?
SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 38.2%INC 33.3%SLAP 11.4%BSP 7.8%OTH 9.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.