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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 57 · 1999 by-elections

Ludhiana North

Winner — 1999 by-elections

Rakesh Pandey
INC 54.3%BJP 36.5%7 others 9.3%
Votes
27,770
54.3% share
Winning margin
9,094
17.8% of votes
Total candidates
9

Ludhiana North is a safe seat — Rakesh Pandey won by 17.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Rakesh Pandey
27,77054.3%
2
Prof. Rajinder Bhandari
18,67636.5%
3
Davinder Pal
2,8485.6%
4
Rajinder Kumar
BSP(A)
7221.4%
5
Jatinder Thaper(Gogi)
IND
4490.9%
6
Ashawani Sharma
3070.6%
7
Manjot Singh Grewal
2880.6%
8
Harinder Narang Advocate
IND
700.1%
9
Lal Chand
IND
540.1%

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 (47th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
17.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.9% · min 2.4% · max 43.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
47th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.18
fewer partiesmore parties
67th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
98th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.3%BJP 36.5%BSP 5.6%OTH 3.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,98,739
Density
978 / km²
Sex ratio
873 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,578 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
53%SIKH
Sikh 53.3%Hindu 42.9%Other 3.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water61.2%
Electricity98.3%
Sanitation93.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.1%
Children fully vaccinated73.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.1%
Children underweight (under 5)12.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate82.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.5%
Clean cooking fuel83.2%
Health insurance25.2%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering Goods🏺Readymade Garments
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Kos Minar near the Sarai of Lashkari Khan

🏛️MonumentASI

Kos Minar near the Sarai of Lashkari Khan

Kos Minar near the village of Rajputan

Kos Minar near the village of Rajputan

🏛️MonumentASI

Kos Minar near the village of Rajputan

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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