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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 83 · 1951

Muktsar

Winner — 1951

BHAG SINGH
SAD 26.6%IND 24.6%7 others 48.8%
Votes
8,069
26.6% share
Winning margin
616
2.0% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
52.8%
of 57,489

A closely fought contest. BHAG SINGH won with a 2.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHAG SINGH
8,06926.6%
2
NARINDER SINGH
IND
7,45324.6%
3
JIWAN SINGH
IND
7,09823.4%
4
PRITAM SINGH
2,3507.8%
5
NATHU RAM
2,0736.8%
6
DALIP SINGH
IND
1,4794.9%
7
THANA SINGH
IND
9913.3%
8
JAMSHER SINGH
4701.6%
9
HARCHARN SINGH
IND
3561.2%

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 (5th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 1.1% · max 32.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
5th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
111th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
19th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAD 26.6%IND 24.6%IND 23.4%SP 7.8%BJS 6.8%OTH 10.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,01,896
Density
348 / km²
Sex ratio
896 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,593 km²
SC population42.3%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%SIKH
Sikh 70.8%Hindu 28.3%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water54.7%
Electricity96.4%
Sanitation77.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.4%
Children fully vaccinated57.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.0%
Children underweight (under 5)30.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.0%
Women literate71.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.6%
Clean cooking fuel72.9%
Health insurance23.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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