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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 14 · 1985Reserved (SC)

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Winner — 1985

DALBIR SINGH
INC· INC
INC 46.1%SAD 32.5%11 others 21.3%
Votes
22,128
46.1% share
Winning margin
6,524
13.6% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
48.2%
of 99,482

A clear win with a 13.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DALBIR SINGH
INC
22,12846.1%
2
KHAJAN SINGH
Akali (Shiromani Akali Dal)
15,60432.5%
3
SOHAN SINGH
Left
8,02816.7%
4
SHANTI DEVI
IND
6501.4%
5
JAGDISH
IND
6191.3%
6
HARBANS SINGH
IND
1840.4%
7
PURAN SINGH S/O BHAN SINGH
IND
1560.3%
8
BACHAN SINGH
IND
1410.3%
9
GURBACHAN SINGH
IND
1230.3%
10
KISHAN SINGH
IND
1080.2%
11
INDARJIT KHALSA
IND
840.2%
12
GURNAM SINGH
IND
770.2%
13
PURAN SINGH S/O BANTA SINGH
IND
630.1%

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
safe
13.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 0.6% · max 61.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
72nd of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.04
fewer partiesmore parties
82nd of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
54th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.1%SAD 32.5%CPI 16.7%OTH 4.6%

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?

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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