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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 102 · 1962
Nakodar
Winner — 1962
DARSHAN SINGH
INC· INC
INC 56.5%AD 23.4%5 others 20.1%
Votes
21,719
56.5% share
Winning margin
12,739
33.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
54.3%
of 70,820
Nakodar is a safe seat — DARSHAN SINGH won by 33.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DARSHAN SINGH | INC | 21,719 | 56.5% |
| 2 | PRITAM SINGH | AD | 8,980 | 23.4% |
| 3 | BAKHTAWAR SINGH | IND | 4,944 | 12.9% |
| 4 | BALDEV MITTER | Praja Socialist Party | 1,405 | 3.7% |
| 5 | MALKIAT SINGH | IND | 756 | 2.0% |
| 6 | JAGIRI LAL | IND | 320 | 0.8% |
| 7 | REHMAT MASSIH | IND | 313 | 0.8% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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 (17th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe33.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.7% · min 1.9% · max 44.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
17th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.95
fewer partiesmore parties
87th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
63rd of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.5%AD 23.4%IND 12.9%OTH 7.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,55,169
Density
457 / km²
Sex ratio
885 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,625 km²
SC population27.9%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
65%SIKH
Sikh 65.1%Hindu 23.5%Muslim 10.8%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water47.9%
Electricity97.3%
Sanitation82.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.4%
Children underweight (under 5)18.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.6%
Women literate78.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.0%
Clean cooking fuel69.8%
Health insurance18.7%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Embroidery🏺Metal Casting🏺Vegetable Oil
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.