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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 107

DhuriAssembly by-election result, 2015

Gobind Singh Longowal (SAD) won Dhuri in the 2015 assembly by-election with 61.5% of the vote, beating Simarpratap Singh (INC) by 37,501 votes.

20122015 by-elections20172022

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 2012 election. In 2007, seat no. 107 was Malout. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Gobind Singh Longowal
SAD
SAD 61.5%INC 27.4%10 others 11.1%
Votes
67,596
61.5% share
Winning margin
37,501
34.1% of votes
Candidates
12

A comfortable win — Gobind Singh Longowal won by 34.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Gobind Singh Longowal
SAD
SAD
67,59661.5%
2
Simarpratap Singh
INC
INC
30,09527.4%
3
Surjit Singh Kalabula
SAD(A)
SAD(A)
7,5546.9%
4
Sukhdev Ram Sharma
CPI
CPI
1,9331.8%
5
Bikram Kumar
IND
IND
8350.8%
6
Ranjit Singh Bhasin
IND
IND
5350.5%
7
Gurmeet Singh
IND
IND
3970.4%
8
Sarabjit Singh
IND
IND
2610.2%
9
Manjit Kaur
JJJKP
JJJKP
2030.2%
10
Jora Singh
IND
IND
1740.2%
11
Rattan Lal
IND
IND
1630.1%
12
Gurpreet Singh
IND
IND
1340.1%

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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
34.1%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

SAD and INC took 89% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.18

How did the vote split?

SEAT
61.5%won by SAD
SAD 61.5%INC 27.4%SAD(A) 6.9%Others 4.2%

Sangrur district · 16.6 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Embroidery, Metal Casting and Vegetable Oil.

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Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,55,169
Density
457 / km²
Sex ratio
885 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,625 km²
SC population27.9%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
65%SIKH
  • Sikh65.1%
  • Hindu23.5%
  • Muslim10.8%
  • Jain0.2%
  • Christian0.1%
  • Buddhist<0.1%
  • Other religions (incl. tribal faiths)0.1%
  • Not stated0.1%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water47.9%
Electric lighting97.3%
Toilet at home82.8%

Health and family

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.6%
Children stunted (under 5)23.4%
Children underweight (under 5)18.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)52.6%
Women literate78.3%
Women married before 188.0%
Clean cooking fuel69.8%
Health insurance18.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Embroidery🏺Metal Casting🏺Vegetable Oil

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 Dhuri, 2012–2022

  1. 2012ARVIND KHANNA (INC), margin 11.1%
  2. 2017DALVIR SINGH GOLDY (INC), margin 2.2%
  3. 2022BHAGWANT MANN (AAP), margin 45.3%