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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 99 · 1962

Phagwara

Winner — 1962

OM PARKASH
IND
IND 60.4%INC 39.6%
Votes
32,603
60.5% share
Winning margin
11,271
20.9% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
69.1%
of 78,052

Phagwara is a safe seat — OM PARKASH won by 20.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
OM PARKASH
IND
32,60360.5%
2
HANSRAJ SHARMA
INC
21,33239.5%

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.

High turnout (12th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
20.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.0% · max 43.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
12th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.56
fewer partiesmore parties
28th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
37th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.56EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 60.5%INC 39.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Embroidery🏺Metal Casting🏺Vegetable Oil

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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