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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 51 · 1997

Dasuya

Winner — 1997

ROMESH CHANDER
INC· INC
INC 39.3%BJP 39.2%4 others 21.6%
Votes
31,754
39.3% share
Winning margin
53
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
67.2%
of 1,20,362

Dasuya was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 53 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ROMESH CHANDER
INC
31,75439.3%
2
MAHANT RAM PARKASH
BJP-SAD Alliance (Punjab, 1997)
31,70139.2%
3
SWARAN KAUR
BSP
8,27910.2%
4
SHUBH KUMAR
IND
5,0346.2%
5
HANS RAJ
IND
3,5434.4%
6
JASWINDER SINGH
IND
5870.7%

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 (46th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 0.1% · max 26.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
46th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
110th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
106th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.3%BJP 39.2%BSP 10.2%IND 6.2%OTH 5.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,84,627
Density
505 / km²
Sex ratio
915 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,356 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
53%SIKH
Sikh 52.7%Hindu 44.5%Other 2.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water60.8%
Electricity97.2%
Sanitation66.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.8%
Children fully vaccinated76.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER15.1%
Children underweight (under 5)15.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.5%
Women literate86.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER2.4%
Clean cooking fuel63.9%
Health insurance37.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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