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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 8 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

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Winner — 1957

SADHU SINGH
IND
Also elected — same seat
PARTAP SINGH
INC· 25,142 votes
IND 26.7%INC 20.2%5 others 53.1%
Votes
34,096
26.6% share
Winning margin
8,230
6.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
62.0%
of 1,03,243

A clear win with a 6.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SADHU SINGH
IND
34,09626.6%
2
SARMUKH SINGH
25,86620.2%
3
PARTAP SINGH
25,14219.6%
4
PIYARA SINGH
IND
19,45415.2%
5
RAJA SINGH
9,6797.6%
6
PIRA SINGH
9,1547.2%
7
JAGIR SINGH
IND
4,5303.5%

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 (81st), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 0.1% · max 57.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
81st of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.24
fewer partiesmore parties
59th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
2nd of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 26.6%INC 20.2%INC 19.6%IND 15.2%CPI 7.6%CPI 7.2%OTH 3.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,98,323
Density
647 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,551 km²
SC population25.3%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
47%HINDU
Hindu 46.7%Sikh 43.6%Christian 7.7%Other 1.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.0%
Electricity95.4%
Sanitation60.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.4%
Children fully vaccinated80.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.1%
Children underweight (under 5)15.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.2%
Women literate82.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.5%
Clean cooking fuel81.3%
Health insurance23.5%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Foundry Cluster🏺Jaggery🏺Litchi
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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.

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