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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1957

Rajaund

Winner — 1957

BARU RAM
SCF 39.1%INC 38.6%1 others 22.3%
Votes
18,800
39.1% share
Winning margin
255
0.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
72.5%
of 66,306

Rajaund was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 255 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BARU RAM
18,80039.1%
2
PARSANI
18,54538.6%
3
HARKESH
IND
10,74222.3%

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 (114th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.9% · min 0.5% · max 44.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
114th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
95th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
83rd of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SCF 39.1%INC 38.6%IND 22.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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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