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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 72 · 1957
Amritsar City West
Winner — 1957
BALRAM DAS
BJS· Bharatiya Jana Sangh
BJS 64.5%INC 35.5%
Votes
24,384
64.5% share
Winning margin
10,949
29.0% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
72.9%
of 51,861
Amritsar City West is a safe seat — BALRAM DAS won by 29.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total
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.
Average turnout (31st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean29.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 0.7% · max 28.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
31st of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.94
fewer partiesmore parties
90th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
25th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.94EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 64.5%INC 35.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,95,746
Density
444 / km²
Sex ratio
893 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,242 km²
SC population36.5%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%SIKH
Sikh 82.2%Hindu 15.9%Other 1.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water47.9%
Electricity95.9%
Sanitation87.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated80.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.0%
Children underweight (under 5)16.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.4%
Women literate74.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.1%
Clean cooking fuel71.5%
Health insurance23.7%
What's nearby?
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