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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 32 · 1951

Thanesar

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Winner — 1951

BENARSI DAS
INC
INC 44.8%IND 25.7%9 others 29.4%
Votes
9,267
44.9% share
Winning margin
3,949
19.1% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
29.5%
of 69,951

Thanesar is a safe seat — BENARSI DAS won by 19.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BENARSI DAS
INC
9,26744.9%
2
KANSHI RAM
IND
5,31825.7%
3
BAL KISHAN
SP
2,08610.1%
4
GOPI CHAND BHARGAVA
IND
1,2406.0%
5
NAURATA RAM
IND
8904.3%
6
GOVIND RAM
IND
6593.2%
7
JAGAN NATH
IND
3291.6%
8
PUNJAB SINGH
ZP
2591.3%
9
SITA RAM
BJS
2541.2%
10
PURAN CHAND
IND
2191.1%
11
MUNSHI RAM
IND
1430.7%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (58th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
19.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 3.6% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
58th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.42
fewer partiesmore parties
45th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
70th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.9%IND 25.7%SP 10.1%IND 6.0%OTH 13.3%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.

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