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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 60 · 1952 by-elections

Hoshiarpur

Winner — 1952 by-elections

AMAR SINGH
INC 49.4%IND 43.6%1 others 7.0%
Votes
31,413
49.4% share
Winning margin
3,643
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
3

Hoshiarpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 3,643 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AMAR SINGH
31,4130.0%
2
BALBIR SINGH
IND
27,7700.0%
3
K. SINGH
IND
4,4610.0%

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 (97th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 0.7% · max 37.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
97th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.19
fewer partiesmore parties
64th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
91st of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
13 seats · 7 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,98,739
Density
978 / km²
Sex ratio
873 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,578 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
53%SIKH
Sikh 53.3%Hindu 42.9%Other 3.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water61.2%
Electricity98.3%
Sanitation93.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.1%
Children fully vaccinated73.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.1%
Children underweight (under 5)12.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate82.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.5%
Clean cooking fuel83.2%
Health insurance25.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering Goods🏺Readymade Garments
🏛️

Kos Minar about one mile east of Ludhiana

🏛️MonumentASI

Kos Minar about one mile east of Ludhiana

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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