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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 100 · 2017Reserved (SC)
Dirba
Winner — 2017
HARPAL SINGH CHEEMA
AAP· AAP + Lok Insaaf Party
AAP 31.9%INC 30.7%8 others 37.4%
Votes
46,434
31.9% share
Winning margin
1,645
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
83.6%
of 1,74,214
Dirba was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 1,645 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
2 of 9 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.66 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HARPAL SINGH CHEEMA | AAP + Lok Insaaf Party | 46,434 | 31.9% |
| 2 | AJAIB SINGH RATOLAN | INC | 44,789 | 30.8% |
| 3 | GULZAR SINGH | NDA | 44,777 | 30.7% |
| 4 | DARSHAN SINGH SIDHU | IND | 2,875 | 2.0% |
| 5 | HARWINDER SINGH | 2,081 | 1.4% | |
| 6 | MANDEEP SINGH | 1,779 | 1.2% | |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,147 | 0.8% |
| 8 | GHAMAND SINGH | CPI(ML)(L) | 789 | 0.5% |
| 9 | BIKAR SINGH | IND | 630 | 0.4% |
| 10 | JAGTAR SINGH | APPA | 369 | 0.3% |
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DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
High turnout (14th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.9% · min 0.1% · max 34.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
14th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.61
fewer partiesmore parties
101st of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
61st of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AAP 31.9%INC 30.8%SAD 30.7%OTH 5.8%NOTA 0.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
2/9
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.66 Cr
A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
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
Sikh 65.1%Hindu 23.5%Muslim 10.8%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water47.9%
Electricity97.3%
Sanitation82.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.4%
Children underweight (under 5)18.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.6%
Women literate78.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.0%
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.