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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 83 · 2002

Barnala

Winner — 2002

MALKIT SINGH KEETU
SAD· BJP-SAD Alliance (NDA) (NDA)
SAD 38.2%INC 21.7%7 others 40.1%
Votes
37,575
38.2% share
Winning margin
16,270
16.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
70.0%
of 1,40,412

Barnala is a safe seat — MALKIT SINGH KEETU won by 16.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MALKIT SINGH KEETU
BJP-SAD Alliance (NDA) (NDA)
37,57538.2%
2
SURINDER PAL SINGH
INC
21,30521.7%
3
BHOLA SINGH VIRK
LBP
16,61716.9%
4
PARAMJIT SINGH
11,40211.6%
5
NARESH KUMARI BAWA
BSP
4,6254.7%
6
RAJINDER KAUR
IND
4,2854.4%
7
JANGIR SINGH
PBLP
1,4681.5%
8
MIT SINGH SEHJRA
IND
5450.6%
9
SURJIT SINGH
NCP
5070.5%

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.

High turnout (5th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 1.1% · max 32.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
5th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
111th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
19th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAD 38.2%INC 21.7%LBP 16.9%SAD(M) 11.6%OTH 11.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,01,896
Density
348 / km²
Sex ratio
896 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,593 km²
SC population42.3%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%SIKH
Sikh 70.8%Hindu 28.3%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water54.7%
Electricity96.4%
Sanitation77.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.4%
Children fully vaccinated57.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.0%
Children underweight (under 5)30.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.0%
Women literate71.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.6%
Clean cooking fuel72.9%
Health insurance23.9%

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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