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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 16 · 1951

Sampla

Winner — 1951

MARU SINGH
ZP
ZP 38.7%IND 21.4%4 others 39.9%
Votes
13,568
38.7% share
Winning margin
6,042
17.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
76.4%
of 45,902

Sampla is a safe seat — MARU SINGH won by 17.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MARU SINGH
ZP
13,56838.7%
2
UMA DATT
IND
7,52621.4%
3
LAXMI DEVI
6,63318.9%
4
LAL CHAND
IND
5,47615.6%
5
CHET RAM
IND
1,0363.0%
6
BALDEV SINGH
IND
8492.4%

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 (117th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
17.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.8% · min 1.9% · max 37.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
117th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.50
fewer partiesmore parties
105th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
30th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ZP 38.7%IND 21.4%INC 18.9%IND 15.6%OTH 5.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,90,656
Density
928 / km²
Sex ratio
889 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,683 km²
SC population30.9%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
69%SIKH
Sikh 68.9%Hindu 27.7%Other 3.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water45.5%
Electricity96.0%
Sanitation79.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.9%
Children fully vaccinated65.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.4%
Children underweight (under 5)11.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.1%
Women literate80.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.2%
Clean cooking fuel82.9%
Health insurance26.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Achar-Muraba🏺Embroidery🏺Tourism

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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