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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 24 · 1972

Amritsar South

Winner — 1972

PIRTHIPAL SINGH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 37.1%SOP 32.2%3 others 30.7%
Votes
16,399
37.1% share
Winning margin
2,162
4.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
69.5%
of 63,534

A closely fought contest. PIRTHIPAL SINGH won with a 4.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PIRTHIPAL SINGH
Congress (R)
16,39937.1%
2
KIRPAL SINGH
14,23732.2%
3
BALRAM DASS TANDON
Grand Alliance
13,02529.5%
4
GOPAL DASS
IND
4050.9%
5
SOHAN SINGH
IND
1240.3%

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 (63rd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
4.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 1.8% · max 45.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
63rd of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.42
fewer partiesmore parties
44th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
50th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.1%SOP 32.2%BJS 29.5%OTH 1.2%

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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