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NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24
Punjab · Assembly Constituency 78 · 1972
Rajpura
Winner — 1972
BRIJ LAL
INC· Congress (R)
INC 40.4%SAD 31.2%5 others 28.3%
Votes
19,101
40.4% share
Winning margin
4,343
9.2% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
70.4%
of 67,068
A clear win with a 9.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRIJ LAL | Congress (R) | 19,101 | 40.4% |
| 2 | JOGINDER SINGH | 14,758 | 31.3% | |
| 3 | HARBANS LAL | Grand Alliance | 7,253 | 15.4% |
| 4 | DARSHAN SINGH | 5,277 | 11.2% | |
| 5 | HARI CHAND | Grand Alliance | 364 | 0.8% |
| 6 | YASH AGGARWAL | IND | 334 | 0.7% |
| 7 | SAHIB SINGH | IND | 146 | 0.3% |
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.
High turnout (6th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean9.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 2.4% · max 40.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
6th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.41
fewer partiesmore parties
115th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
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117th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.4%SAD 31.3%BJS 15.4%NCO 11.2%OTH 1.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,29,074
Density
382 / km²
Sex ratio
893 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,305 km²
SC population42.2%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
54%SIKH
Sikh 53.8%Hindu 44.7%Other 1.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water43.2%
Electricity93.5%
Sanitation73.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.5%
Children fully vaccinated74.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.0%
Children underweight (under 5)22.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.5%
Women literate75.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.5%
Clean cooking fuel68.6%
Health insurance21.0%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Basmati (Rice)🏺Chillies🏺Citrus Fruits (Kinnow)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.