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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 16 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Thanesar

Winner — 1957

RAN SINGH
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
BANARSI DAS
INC· 33,829 votes
INC 23.8%INC 23.8%5 others 52.4%
Votes
33,850
23.8% share
Winning margin
14,769
10.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
58.8%
of 1,20,833

A clear win with a 10.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAN SINGH
33,85023.8%
2
BANARSI DAS
33,82923.8%
3
KRISHAN GOPAL
19,08113.4%
4
BALBIR SINGH
17,25612.1%
5
SUNDAR LAL
16,28211.5%
6
RAM DIA
13,7469.7%
7
KUNDAN
IND
8,0635.7%

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.

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
10.4%
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
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 23.8%INC 23.8%BJS 13.4%CPI 12.1%BJS 11.5%CPI 9.7%OTH 5.7%

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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