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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 40

DasuyaAssembly by-election result, 2012

Sukhjit Kaur (BJP) won Dasuya in the 2012 assembly by-election with 68.8% of the vote, beating Arun Dogra (INC) by 47,431 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 2012 election. In 2007, seat no. 40 was Bholath. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Sukhjit Kaur
BJP
BJP 68.8%INC 26.7%1 other 4.6%
Votes
77,494
68.8% share
Winning margin
47,431
42.1% of votes
Candidates
3

A comfortable win — Sukhjit Kaur won by 42.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Sukhjit Kaur
BJP
BJP
77,49468.8%
2
Arun Dogra
INC
INC
30,06326.7%
3
Bhupinder Singh
PPP
PPP
5,1494.6%

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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
42.1%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

BJP and INC took 95% of the votes.

Parties in the race 1.83

How did the vote split?

SEAT
68.8%won by BJP
BJP 68.8%INC 26.7%Others 4.6%

Hoshiarpur district · 15.9 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Plywood/ Wood Inlay Products and Tractor & parts.

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Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,86,625
Density
469 / km²
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,386 km²
SC population35.1%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
  • Hindu63.1%
  • Sikh33.9%
  • Muslim1.5%
  • Christian0.9%
  • Buddhist0.2%
  • Jain0.1%
  • Other religions (incl. tribal faiths)<0.1%
  • Not stated0.2%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water53.8%
Electric lighting97.0%
Toilet at home63.9%

Health and family

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.3%
Children fully vaccinated92.9%
Children stunted (under 5)19.3%
Children underweight (under 5)12.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)54.1%
Women literate91.3%
Women married before 184.7%
Clean cooking fuel77.3%
Health insurance27.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Plywood/ Wood Inlay Products🏺Tractor & parts

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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Who has won Dasuya, 2012–2022

  1. 2012AMARJIT SINGH (BJP), margin 5.1%
  2. 2017ARUN DOGRA (INC), margin 13.5%
  3. 2022KARAMBIR SINGH (AAP), margin 6.4%