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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1962
Ambala City
Winner — 1962
ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN
INC· INC
INC 42.5%BJS 32.7%3 others 24.7%
Votes
19,750
42.5% share
Winning margin
4,540
9.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
68.6%
of 67,671
A clear win with a 9.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN | INC | 19,750 | 42.5% |
| 2 | RAGHBIR SHARAN | 15,210 | 32.7% | |
| 3 | KARTAR SINGH | AD | 9,820 | 21.1% |
| 4 | ROSHAN LAL | IND | 1,022 | 2.2% |
| 5 | OM PARKASH | IND | 650 | 1.4% |
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 (114th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe9.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.9% · min 0.5% · max 44.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
114th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
95th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
83rd of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 42.5%BJS 32.7%AD 21.1%OTH 3.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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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.