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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 100 · 1972
Bhatinda
Winner — 1972
KESHO RAM
INC· Congress (R)
INC 50.6%IND 33.9%10 others 15.5%
Votes
22,066
50.6% share
Winning margin
7,302
16.8% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
62.7%
of 69,483
Bhatinda is a safe seat — KESHO RAM won by 16.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
12 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KESHO RAM | Congress (R) | 22,066 | 50.6% |
| 2 | DEWAN CHAND | IND | 14,764 | 33.9% |
| 3 | GIRDHAI LAL | Grand Alliance | 3,300 | 7.6% |
| 4 | RAM SINGH | IND | 891 | 2.0% |
| 5 | VED PRAKASH | IND | 855 | 2.0% |
| 6 | NANAK CHAND | IND | 483 | 1.1% |
| 7 | MOHINDER SINGH | IND | 404 | 0.9% |
| 8 | HARI RAM | IND | 253 | 0.6% |
| 9 | BHAGWANT DASS | IND | 183 | 0.4% |
| 10 | KRISHAN CHAND | IND | 166 | 0.4% |
| 11 | SHIV RAM | IND | 127 | 0.3% |
| 12 | SEVA DASS | IND | 86 | 0.2% |
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.
High turnout (14th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean16.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.9% · min 0.1% · max 34.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
79%
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14th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.61
fewer partiesmore parties
101st of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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61st of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.6%IND 33.9%BJS 7.6%OTH 7.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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