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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 153 · 1962
Sunam
Winner — 1962
BRISH BHAN
INC· INC
INC 60.4%AD 35.3%2 others 4.3%
Votes
31,080
60.4% share
Winning margin
12,927
25.1% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
71.1%
of 72,387
Sunam is a safe seat — BRISH BHAN won by 25.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRISH BHAN | INC | 31,080 | 60.4% |
| 2 | GURDEV SINGH | AD | 18,153 | 35.3% |
| 3 | NARAYAN DATT | IND | 1,743 | 3.4% |
| 4 | MEHAR CHAND | IND | 459 | 0.9% |
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.
An essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe25.1%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 25.1% · min 25.1% · max 25.1%
How contested is turnout?
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71%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.04
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
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154 seats · 78 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 60.4%AD 35.3%OTH 4.3%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTED