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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1980

Amritsar West

Winner — 1980

SEWA RAM
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 41.4%CPI 35.1%8 others 23.5%
Votes
24,043
41.4% share
Winning margin
3,642
6.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
55.2%
of 1,05,350

A clear win with a 6.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SEWA RAM
INC(I)
Congress (I)
24,04341.4%
2
SATYA PAL DANG
Left
20,40135.1%
3
MEHANGA SINGH
BJP
12,15920.9%
4
MUKHTIAR SINGH
JNP(SC)
4450.8%
5
JAGDISH PAL
IND
3620.6%
6
IQBAL SINGH
IND
2820.5%
7
KUNDAN SINGH SANDHU
IND
1560.3%
8
HAZARA SINGH
IND
1310.2%
9
DILBAGH SINGH
IND
830.1%
10
JAGDISH
IND
550.1%

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.

Low turnout (115th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 1.8% · max 35.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
115th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.94
fewer partiesmore parties
88th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
33rd of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.94EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 41.4%CPI 35.1%BJP 20.9%OTH 2.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Achar-Muraba🏺Embroidery🏺Tourism

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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