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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 69 · 1980

Kharar

Winner — 1980

JAGAT SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 41.8%SAD 31.2%6 others 27.0%
Votes
20,666
41.9% share
Winning margin
5,262
10.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
56.6%
of 87,201

A clear win with a 10.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGAT SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
20,66641.9%
2
BACHITTAR SINGH
15,40431.2%
3
SHAMSHER SINGH
Left
9,45819.1%
4
HAQIKAT SINGH
JNP(SC)
3,0306.1%
5
KARNAIL SINGH
IND
4230.9%
6
JORA SINGH
IND
2200.5%
7
TILAK RAJ
IND
1250.3%
8
B. L. ANAND
IND
570.1%

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.7%
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
INC(I) 41.9%SAD 31.2%CPI 19.1%JNP(SC) 6.1%OTH 1.7%

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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