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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 1 · 1980
Fatehgarh
Winner — 1980
SANTOKH SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 48.4%SAD 44.9%2 others 6.6%
Votes
26,763
48.5% share
Winning margin
1,960
3.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
72.9%
of 75,796
A closely fought contest. SANTOKH SINGH won with a 3.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SANTOKH SINGH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 26,763 | 48.5% |
| 2 | NIRMAL SINGH | 24,803 | 44.9% | |
| 3 | HAMIDA TUFAIL | IND | 3,298 | 6.0% |
| 4 | SWARAN SINGH | JNP(SC) | 375 | 0.7% |
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 (36th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean3.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.8% · min 1.3% · max 37.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
76%
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36th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.41
fewer partiesmore parties
46th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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78th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 48.5%SAD 44.9%IND 6.0%OTH 0.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,98,323
Density
647 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,551 km²
SC population25.3%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
47%HINDU
Hindu 46.7%Sikh 43.6%Christian 7.7%Other 1.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.0%
Electricity95.4%
Sanitation60.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.4%
Children fully vaccinated80.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.1%
Children underweight (under 5)15.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.2%
Women literate82.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.5%
Clean cooking fuel81.3%
Health insurance23.5%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Foundry Cluster🏺Jaggery🏺Litchi
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.