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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1997
Amritsar South
Winner — 1997
MANJIT SINGH CALCUTTA
SAD· BJP-SAD Alliance (Punjab, 1997)
SAD 40.6%INC 21.7%7 others 37.7%
Votes
31,060
40.6% share
Winning margin
14,495
19.0% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
54.5%
of 1,40,221
Amritsar South is a safe seat — MANJIT SINGH CALCUTTA won by 19.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MANJIT SINGH CALCUTTA | BJP-SAD Alliance (Punjab, 1997) | 31,060 | 40.6% |
| 2 | HARJINDER SINGH THEKEDAR | INC | 16,565 | 21.7% |
| 3 | KIRPAL SINGH | PJM | 9,765 | 12.8% |
| 4 | MADAN LAL ANEJA | IND | 8,258 | 10.8% |
| 5 | ANUP SINGH VIRDI | IND | 7,591 | 9.9% |
| 6 | JASPAL SINGH | United Front | 2,867 | 3.8% |
| 7 | BALWINDER SINGH |  FBL | 232 | 0.3% |
| 8 | HARJINDER SINGH | IND | 80 | 0.1% |
| 9 | GURBACHAN SINGH | IND | 50 | 0.1% |
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.
Low turnout (114th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe19.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.9% · min 0.5% · max 44.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
114th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
95th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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83rd of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAD 40.6%INC 21.7%PJM 12.8%IND 10.8%IND 9.9%OTH 4.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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