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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 70 · 2002

Banur

Winner — 2002

KANWALJIT SINGH
SAD· BJP-SAD Alliance (NDA) (NDA)
SAD 48.1%INC 47.4%2 others 4.5%
Votes
51,002
48.1% share
Winning margin
714
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
72.4%
of 1,46,442

Banur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 714 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KANWALJIT SINGH
BJP-SAD Alliance (NDA) (NDA)
51,00248.1%
2
SHEELAM SOHI
INC
50,28847.4%
3
KARAMJIT KAUR
BSP
3,4643.3%
4
ASHOK KUMAR
IND
1,2691.2%

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 (85th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.2% · max 32.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
85th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.92
fewer partiesmore parties
92nd of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
29th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAD 48.1%INC 47.4%OTH 4.5%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering Goods🏺Readymade Garments

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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