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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 21 · 1980

Raja Sansi

Winner — 1980

IQBAL SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 38.7%CPM 36.3%6 others 25.0%
Votes
19,672
38.7% share
Winning margin
1,228
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
66.0%
of 77,006

A closely fought contest. IQBAL SINGH won with a 2.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
IQBAL SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
19,67238.7%
2
DALIP SINGH TAPIALA
Left
18,44436.3%
3
BALDEV SINGH
IND
9,94319.6%
4
LAKHBIR SINGH
IND
1,3452.6%
5
AMRIK SINGH
IND
8621.7%
6
TARA SINGH KAMASKE
2820.6%
7
SAMUEL MALL
IND
1770.3%
8
MOTA SINGH
IND
1090.2%

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 (101st), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.7% · min 0.5% · max 27.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
101st of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.36
fewer partiesmore parties
50th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
22nd of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 38.7%CPM 36.3%IND 19.6%OTH 5.5%

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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Achar-Muraba🏺Embroidery🏺Tourism
🏛️

Gateway of the old Sarai Akbar or Jahangir

🏛️MonumentASI

Gateway of the old Sarai Akbar or Jahangir

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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