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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 57 · 1972

Nurmahal

Winner — 1972

DARSHAN SINGH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 46.1%IND 24.7%3 others 29.2%
Votes
25,662
46.1% share
Winning margin
11,900
21.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
72.1%
of 77,174

Nurmahal is a safe seat — DARSHAN SINGH won by 21.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DARSHAN SINGH
Congress (R)
25,66246.1%
2
SURINDER PAL SINGH
IND
13,76224.7%
3
SARWAN SINGH
Left
13,56424.4%
4
SAMUEL
IND
1,9233.5%
5
RAJ KUMAR
IND
7451.3%

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 (47th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.9% · min 2.4% · max 43.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
47th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.18
fewer partiesmore parties
67th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
98th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.1%IND 24.7%CPM 24.4%OTH 4.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,98,739
Density
978 / km²
Sex ratio
873 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,578 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
53%SIKH
Sikh 53.3%Hindu 42.9%Other 3.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water61.2%
Electricity98.3%
Sanitation93.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.1%
Children fully vaccinated73.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.1%
Children underweight (under 5)12.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate82.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.5%
Clean cooking fuel83.2%
Health insurance25.2%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering Goods🏺Readymade Garments
🏛️

Kos Minar near the Sarai of Lashkari Khan

🏛️MonumentASI

Kos Minar near the Sarai of Lashkari Khan

Kos Minar near the village of Rajputan

Kos Minar near the village of Rajputan

🏛️MonumentASI

Kos Minar near the village of Rajputan

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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