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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1967

Hoshiarpur

Winner — 1967

B. SINGH
SSP 38.7%INC 30.6%4 others 30.6%
Votes
16,027
38.7% share
Winning margin
3,358
8.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
70.3%
of 58,815

A clear win with a 8.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B. SINGH
Samyukta Socialist Party
16,02738.7%
2
BALKRISHAN
INC
12,66930.6%
3
M. RAM
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
11,06526.8%
4
P. SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
6911.7%
5
S. KAUR
IND
5711.4%
6
D. SINGH
Swatantra Party
3440.8%

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.

Average turnout (76th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.4% · min 1.5% · max 34.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
76th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
96th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
23rd of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 38.7%INC 30.6%BJS 26.8%OTH 3.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,86,625
Density
469 / km²
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,386 km²
SC population35.1%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.1%Sikh 33.9%Other 3.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water53.8%
Electricity97.0%
Sanitation63.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.3%
Children fully vaccinated92.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.3%
Children underweight (under 5)12.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.1%
Women literate91.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.7%
Clean cooking fuel77.3%
Health insurance27.7%

What's nearby?

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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.

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