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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 47 · 2002

Hoshiarpur

Winner — 2002

TIKSHAN SUD
BJP· BJP-SAD Alliance (NDA) (NDA)
BJP 32.5%INC 32.1%11 others 35.4%
Votes
24,141
32.5% share
Winning margin
308
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
54.0%
of 1,37,551

Hoshiarpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 308 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TIKSHAN SUD
BJP-SAD Alliance (NDA) (NDA)
24,14132.5%
2
NARESH THAKUR
INC
23,83332.1%
3
SUNDER SHAM ARORA
IND
11,59815.6%
4
JASWINDER SINGH
BSP
5,4987.4%
5
VARINDER SINGH
2,9634.0%
6
SUNIL DUTT WALIA
2,0532.8%
7
DARSHAN SINGH SIDHU
LBP
8901.2%
8
NARINDER SINGH SAINI
8841.2%
9
SADHU SINGH
IND
6580.9%
10
VIKRAM KUMAR (VIKA)
IND
6460.9%
11
KRISHAN KANT
IND
5120.7%
12
VINOD PARMAR
NCP
3570.5%
13
GAIN SINGH SANDHU
PRBP
1860.3%

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 (79th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.4% · max 27.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
79th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.40
fewer partiesmore parties
2nd of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
102nd of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 32.5%INC 32.1%IND 15.6%BSP 7.4%OTH 12.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,12,310
Density
478 / km²
Sex ratio
954 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,282 km²
SC population42.5%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%HINDU
Hindu 65.5%Sikh 31.5%Other 2.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water48.4%
Electricity97.2%
Sanitation70.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated100.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.9%
Children underweight (under 5)11.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Women literate88.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.4%
Clean cooking fuel76.4%
Health insurance23.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jaggery

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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