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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 31 · 1972

Batala

Winner — 1972

VISHWA MITTAR
INC· Congress (R)
INC 54.2%BJS 32.7%3 others 13.1%
Votes
23,808
54.2% share
Winning margin
9,466
21.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
69.7%
of 63,067

Batala is a safe seat — VISHWA MITTAR won by 21.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VISHWA MITTAR
Congress (R)
23,80854.2%
2
GURBACHAN SINGH
Grand Alliance
14,34232.6%
3
SOLAKHAN SINGH
Left
2,7466.3%
4
GOPAL KRISHAN
IND
2,6926.1%
5
DALJIT SINGH
IND
3360.8%

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 (82nd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
21.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.9% · max 27.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
82nd of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.76
fewer partiesmore parties
19th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
32nd of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.2%BJS 32.6%CPM 6.3%IND 6.1%OTH 0.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
21,93,590
Density
836 / km²
Sex ratio
915 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,624 km²
SC population39.0%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
64%HINDU
Hindu 63.6%Sikh 32.8%Other 3.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water65.4%
Electricity98.3%
Sanitation86.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.3%
Children fully vaccinated91.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.8%
Children underweight (under 5)16.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.0%
Women literate86.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.4%
Clean cooking fuel82.3%
Health insurance25.9%

What's nearby?

13 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hand Tools🏺Honey🏺Leather🏺Sports Goods
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Mughal Bridge

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Mughal Bridge

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Mughal Kos Minar, Three Miles of north-west of Dakhni Sarai

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Mughal Kos Minar, Three Miles of north-west of Dakhni Sarai

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Sarai Including Gateway, Dakhni

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Sarai Including Gateway

Sarai including gateway, Nurmahal

Sarai including gateway, Nurmahal

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Sarai including gateway

Seven Kos Minars on old Badshahi highway form Delhi to Lahore

Seven Kos Minars on old Badshahi highway form Delhi to Lahore

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Seven Kos Minars on old Badshahi highway form Delhi to Lahore

Seven Kos Minars on old Badshahi highway form Delhi to Lahore

Seven Kos Minars on old Badshahi highway form Delhi to Lahore

🏛️MonumentASI

Seven Kos Minars on old Badshahi highway form Delhi to Lahore

Seven Kos Minars on old Badshahi highway form Delhi to Lahore

Seven Kos Minars on old Badshahi highway form Delhi to Lahore

🏛️MonumentASI

Seven Kos Minars on old Badshahi highway form Delhi to Lahore

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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