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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 116 · 1997

Budhlada

Winner — 1997

HARDEV SINGH
CPI· United Front
CPI 49.3%SAD 42.6%4 others 8.1%
Votes
47,469
49.3% share
Winning margin
6,449
6.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
77.6%
of 1,24,112

A clear win with a 6.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARDEV SINGH
United Front
47,46949.3%
2
HARBANT SINGH
BJP-SAD Alliance (Punjab, 1997)
41,02042.6%
3
MEHAL SINGH
7,0587.3%
4
GURDEV KAUR
IND
5290.6%
5
BALDEV SINGH
IND
1100.1%
6
DALIP KAUR
IND
710.1%

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 (33rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.9% · min 3.6% · max 26.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
33rd of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.00
fewer partiesmore parties
85th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
45th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 49.3%SAD 42.6%SAD(M) 7.3%OTH 0.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,95,686
Density
570 / km²
Sex ratio
891 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,325 km²
SC population24.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
56%SIKH
Sikh 55.9%Hindu 41.3%Other 2.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water57.4%
Electricity97.6%
Sanitation85.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.3%
Children fully vaccinated74.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.3%
Children underweight (under 5)16.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate76.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.8%
Clean cooking fuel80.4%
Health insurance33.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️PhulkariGI

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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