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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 47 · 1992

Hoshiarpur

Winner — 1992

NARESH
INC· INC
INC 28.1%BJP 26.9%5 others 44.9%
Votes
14,558
28.1% share
Winning margin
627
1.2% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
45.7%
of 1,13,328

Hoshiarpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.2% — fewer than 627 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NARESH
INC
14,55828.1%
2
BALDEV SAHAI
BJP
13,93126.9%
3
PIARA SINGH
9,05617.5%
4
VARINDER SINGH
6,36312.3%
5
KUNDAN SINGH
IND
3,9547.6%
6
SUNIL DUTT
IND
3,4776.7%
7
OM PRAKASH
IND
4100.8%

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 (79th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.4% · max 27.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
79th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.40
fewer partiesmore parties
2nd of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
102nd of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 28.1%BJP 26.9%BSP 17.5%SAD 12.3%IND 7.6%IND 6.7%OTH 0.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,12,310
Density
478 / km²
Sex ratio
954 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,282 km²
SC population42.5%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%HINDU
Hindu 65.5%Sikh 31.5%Other 2.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water48.4%
Electricity97.2%
Sanitation70.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated100.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.9%
Children underweight (under 5)11.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Women literate88.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.4%
Clean cooking fuel76.4%
Health insurance23.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jaggery

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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