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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 16 · 2002
Amritsar North
Winner — 2002
JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA
INC· INC-CPI Alliance (INDIA)
INC 54.4%BJP 28.5%8 others 17.1%
Votes
31,024
54.4% share
Winning margin
14,756
25.9% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
44.8%
of 1,27,378
Amritsar North is a safe seat — JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA won by 25.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA | INC-CPI Alliance (INDIA) | 31,024 | 54.4% |
| 2 | BALDEV RAJ CHAWALA | NDA | 16,268 | 28.5% |
| 3 | NIRMALA RANI | IND | 7,696 | 13.5% |
| 4 | MANJIT SINGH | 677 | 1.2% | |
| 5 | RAVINDER KUMAR HANS | BSP | 631 | 1.1% |
| 6 | RAM LUBHAYA | IND | 456 | 0.8% |
| 7 | HARDIP SHARMA | IND | 105 | 0.2% |
| 8 | RAMAN SHARMA | IND | 94 | 0.2% |
| 9 | SHASHI PAL | ABHM | 53 | 0.1% |
| 10 | ASHWANI | IND | 50 | 0.1% |
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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 (117th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe25.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.8% · min 1.9% · max 37.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
117th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.50
fewer partiesmore parties
105th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
30th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.4%BJP 28.5%IND 13.5%OTH 3.6%
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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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.