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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 86 · 19572 seats · 1 SC
Garhshankar
Winner — 1957
DASONDA SINGH
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
BHAG SINGH
CPI· 36,425 votes
INC 25.9%CPI 24.0%3 others 50.1%
Votes
39,300
25.9% share
Winning margin
6,553
4.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
58.9%
of 1,28,975
A closely fought contest. DASONDA SINGH won with a 4.3% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DASONDA SINGH | 39,300 | 25.9% | |
| 2 | BHAG SINGH | 36,425 | 24.0% | |
| 3 | CHANAN RAM | 32,747 | 21.6% | |
| 4 | RATTAN SINGH | 32,702 | 21.5% | |
| 5 | YASHPAL SINGH | 10,712 | 7.0% |
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.
High turnout (22nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
marginal4.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.7% · min 0.3% · max 22.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
22nd of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
97th of 117How much NOTA?
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0.5%
lowerhigher
94th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 25.9%CPI 24.0%SCF 21.6%INC 21.5%BJS 7.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,01,896
Density
348 / km²
Sex ratio
896 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,593 km²
SC population42.3%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%SIKH
Sikh 70.8%Hindu 28.3%Other 0.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water54.7%
Electricity96.4%
Sanitation77.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.4%
Children fully vaccinated57.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.0%
Children underweight (under 5)30.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.0%
Women literate71.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.6%
Clean cooking fuel72.9%
Health insurance23.9%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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