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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 65 · 1972Reserved (SC)

Dakha

Winner — 1972

BASANT SINGH
SAD 52.2%INC 47.8%
Votes
25,565
52.2% share
Winning margin
2,193
4.5% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
67.2%
of 72,825

A closely fought contest. BASANT SINGH won with a 4.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BASANT SINGH
25,56552.2%
2
HARBANS SINGH SAYAN
Congress (R)
23,37247.8%

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.

Low turnout (110th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 1.9% · max 29.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
110th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.43
fewer partiesmore parties
43rd of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
48th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAD 52.2%INC 47.8%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering Goods🏺Readymade Garments

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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