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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 103 · 1962Reserved (SC)
Shahkot
Winner — 1962
DALIP SINGH
AD
AD 43.0%INC 42.5%1 others 14.6%
Votes
14,208
43.0% share
Winning margin
168
0.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
50.3%
of 65,697
Shahkot was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 168 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DALIP SINGH | AD | 14,208 | 43.0% |
| 2 | SANT RAM | INC | 14,040 | 42.5% |
| 3 | DHANPAT RAI | Left | 4,820 | 14.6% |
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.
Average turnout (66th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.3% · min 0.5% · max 46.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
66th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.20
fewer partiesmore parties
63rd of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
71st of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.20EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AD 43.0%INC 42.5%CPI 14.6%
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
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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.