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Haryana · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1982

Panipat

Winner — 1982

FATEH CHAND
BJP· BJP
BJP 47.5%INC 45.8%7 others 6.7%
Votes
26,467
47.5% share
Winning margin
912
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
70.0%
of 79,674

Panipat was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 912 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
FATEH CHAND
BJP
26,46747.5%
2
KASTURI LAL
Congress (I)
25,55545.8%
3
HARISH KUMAR
IND
1,5292.7%
4
ANG SINGH ALIAS ATAR SINGH
IND
6951.3%
5
JUGINDER PAL
Janata
6861.2%
6
K. D. SHARMA
IND
4420.8%
7
BHIM RAJ
IND
2190.4%
8
ALI HASAN
IND
1210.2%
9
SATWANT SINGH
IND
570.1%

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 (13th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.6% · min 0.0% · max 46.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
13th of 90

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
65th of 90

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
53rd of 90

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
90 seats · 46 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 47.5%INC 45.8%OTH 6.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,74,304
Density
464 / km²
Sex ratio
881 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,317 km²
SC population23.0%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
91%HINDU
Hindu 90.7%Sikh 8.2%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water58.1%
Electricity93.6%
Sanitation63.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.2%
Children fully vaccinated74.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.9%
Children underweight (under 5)29.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.5%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.0%
Clean cooking fuel55.9%
Health insurance29.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing (Rice Mill & Dairy Products )🏺Metal Products

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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