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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 18 · 1962

Ambala Cantonment

Winner — 1962

DEV RAJ
INC· INC
INC 52.4%BJS 39.5%2 others 8.1%
Votes
17,348
52.4% share
Winning margin
4,292
13.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
62.6%
of 52,825

A clear win with a 13.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DEV RAJ
INC
17,34852.4%
2
SOHAN LAL
13,05639.5%
3
JAGAN NATH
IND
2,1386.5%
4
DAYA SINGH
IND
5491.7%

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.

Low turnout (105th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.1% · max 43.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
105th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.48
fewer partiesmore parties
35th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
75th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.4%BJS 39.5%IND 6.5%OTH 1.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,90,656
Density
928 / km²
Sex ratio
889 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,683 km²
SC population30.9%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
69%SIKH
Sikh 68.9%Hindu 27.7%Other 3.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water45.5%
Electricity96.0%
Sanitation79.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.9%
Children fully vaccinated65.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.4%
Children underweight (under 5)11.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.1%
Women literate80.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.2%
Clean cooking fuel82.9%
Health insurance26.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Achar-Muraba🏺Embroidery🏺Tourism

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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