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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 69 · 1977

Kharar

Winner — 1977

BACHITTAR SINGH
SAD· Akali (Shiromani Akali Dal)
SAD 60.1%CPI 39.9%
Votes
26,523
60.1% share
Winning margin
8,928
20.2% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
65.1%
of 67,816

Kharar is a safe seat — BACHITTAR SINGH won by 20.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BACHITTAR SINGH
Akali (Shiromani Akali Dal)
26,52360.1%
2
SHANSHER SINGH JOSH
Left
17,59539.9%

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 (60th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
20.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 1.4% · max 35.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
60th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
116th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
4th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAD 60.1%CPI 39.9%

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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