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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 14 · 1980Reserved (SC)
Verka
Winner — 1980
SOHAN SINGH
CPI· Left
CPI 48.3%INC(I) 47.6%5 others 4.1%
Votes
24,491
48.3% share
Winning margin
346
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
56.3%
of 90,115
Verka was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 346 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOHAN SINGH | Left | 24,491 | 48.3% |
| 2 | DALBIR SINGH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 24,145 | 47.6% |
| 3 | PARKASH CHAND | BJP | 725 | 1.4% |
| 4 | HARBANS LAL BHAGAT | JNP(SC) | 723 | 1.4% |
| 5 | HARBANS SINGH | IND | 326 | 0.6% |
| 6 | INDERJIT TUNG | IND | 250 | 0.5% |
| 7 | PRITAM SINGH | IND | 66 | 0.1% |
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 (72nd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 0.6% · max 61.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
72nd of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.04
fewer partiesmore parties
82nd of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
54th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 48.3%INC(I) 47.6%OTH 4.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,90,656
Density
928 / km²
Sex ratio
889 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,683 km²
SC population30.9%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
69%SIKH
Sikh 68.9%Hindu 27.7%Other 3.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water45.5%
Electricity96.0%
Sanitation79.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.9%
Children fully vaccinated65.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.4%
Children underweight (under 5)11.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.1%
Women literate80.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.2%
Clean cooking fuel82.9%
Health insurance26.2%
What's nearby?
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.