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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 60 · 1962

Tosham

Winner — 1962

JAGAN NATH
IND
IND 15.9%INC 15.2%11 others 68.9%
Votes
6,017
15.9% share
Winning margin
263
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
56.7%
of 66,725

Tosham was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 263 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGAN NATH
IND
6,01715.9%
2
NIHAL SINGH
INC
5,75415.2%
3
CHANDGI RAM
Swatantra Party
5,43214.4%
4
HARJI
SOC
4,55712.1%
5
BANWARI SINGH
IND
3,5869.5%
6
AMAR SINGH
IND
2,9227.7%
7
SHISHPAL SINGH
IND
2,5466.7%
8
NAND LAL
IND
1,9165.1%
9
SHISH RAM
IND
1,6314.3%
10
JUG LAL
1,4453.8%
11
RAM SARUP
IND
8162.2%
12
LACHHMI NARAIN
IND
7402.0%
13
PIRAG LAL
IND
4431.2%

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 (97th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 0.7% · max 37.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
97th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.19
fewer partiesmore parties
64th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
91st of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 15.9%INC 15.2%SWA 14.4%SOC 12.1%IND 9.5%IND 7.7%OTH 25.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,98,739
Density
978 / km²
Sex ratio
873 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,578 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
53%SIKH
Sikh 53.3%Hindu 42.9%Other 3.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water61.2%
Electricity98.3%
Sanitation93.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.1%
Children fully vaccinated73.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.1%
Children underweight (under 5)12.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate82.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.5%
Clean cooking fuel83.2%
Health insurance25.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering Goods🏺Readymade Garments
🏛️

Kos Minar about one mile east of Ludhiana

🏛️MonumentASI

Kos Minar about one mile east of Ludhiana

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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