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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 109 · 1958 by-elections

Patiala

Winner — 1958 by-elections

B. SINGH
IND
IND 57.8%IND 40.5%2 others 1.8%
Votes
18,094
57.8% share
Winning margin
5,421
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
4

Patiala was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 5,421 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B. SINGH
IND
18,0940.0%
2
JANAK RAJ
IND
12,6730.0%
3
P. PRAKASH
IND
2800.0%
4
G. SINGH
IND
2700.0%

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.

Average turnout (32nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.2% · min 0.3% · max 36.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
32nd of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
103rd of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
11th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,95,686
Density
570 / km²
Sex ratio
891 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,325 km²
SC population24.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
56%SIKH
Sikh 55.9%Hindu 41.3%Other 2.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water57.4%
Electricity97.6%
Sanitation85.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.3%
Children fully vaccinated74.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.3%
Children underweight (under 5)16.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate76.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.8%
Clean cooking fuel80.4%
Health insurance33.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️PhulkariGI

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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