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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 9 · 1969
Ferozepur
Winner — 1969
BALMUKAND
BJS· Bharatiya Jana Sangh
BJS 49.5%INC 43.0%5 others 7.5%
Votes
19,776
49.5% share
Winning margin
2,594
6.5% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
70.1%
of 56,983
A clear win with a 6.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BALMUKAND | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 19,776 | 49.5% |
| 2 | GARDHARA SINGH | INC | 17,182 | 43.0% |
| 3 | RAM CHAND | RPA | 1,530 | 3.8% |
| 4 | LABH SINGH | Samyukta Socialist Party | 875 | 2.2% |
| 5 | BAKHTAWAR SINGH | IND | 216 | 0.5% |
| 6 | MULKH RAJ | IND | 211 | 0.5% |
| 7 | SURAKHSHA RANI | IND | 174 | 0.4% |
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.
Average turnout (56th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean6.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 0.6% · max 30.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
56th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.25
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
77th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 49.5%INC 43.0%OTH 7.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,98,323
Density
647 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,551 km²
SC population25.3%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
47%HINDU
Hindu 46.7%Sikh 43.6%Christian 7.7%Other 1.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.0%
Electricity95.4%
Sanitation60.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.4%
Children fully vaccinated80.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.1%
Children underweight (under 5)15.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.2%
Women literate82.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.5%
Clean cooking fuel81.3%
Health insurance23.5%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Foundry Cluster🏺Jaggery🏺Litchi
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.