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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 13 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Nihal Singh Wala

Winner — 1972

SAGGAR SINGH
CPI· Left
CPI 50.6%SAD 44.9%3 others 4.5%
Votes
25,572
50.6% share
Winning margin
2,877
5.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
67.7%
of 74,689

A clear win with a 5.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SAGGAR SINGH
Left
25,57250.6%
2
GURDEV SINGH
22,69544.9%
3
HAMIR SINGH
IND
1,4943.0%
4
DHARAM DASS
IND
4620.9%
5
AMRITPAL SINGH
IND
3120.6%

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 (57th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 2.6% · max 41.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
57th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.04
fewer partiesmore parties
81st of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
68th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 50.6%SAD 44.9%OTH 4.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,90,656
Density
928 / km²
Sex ratio
889 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,683 km²
SC population30.9%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
69%SIKH
Sikh 68.9%Hindu 27.7%Other 3.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water45.5%
Electricity96.0%
Sanitation79.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.9%
Children fully vaccinated65.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.4%
Children underweight (under 5)11.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.1%
Women literate80.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.2%
Clean cooking fuel82.9%
Health insurance26.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Achar-Muraba🏺Embroidery🏺Tourism

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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