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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| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAN SINGH | 33,850 | 23.8% | |
| 2 | BANARSI DAS | 33,829 | 23.8% | |
| 3 | KRISHAN GOPAL | 19,081 | 13.4% | |
| 4 | BALBIR SINGH | 17,256 | 12.1% | |
| 5 | SUNDAR LAL | 16,282 | 11.5% | |
| 6 | RAM DIA | 13,746 | 9.7% | |
| 7 | KUNDAN | IND | 8,063 | 5.7% |
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
safe10.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.8% · min 1.9% · max 37.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
117th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.50
fewer partiesmore parties
105th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
30th of 117Where 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 COMPUTEDA 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
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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.