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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 61 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Nawanshehr

Winner — 1951

GURBACHAN SINGH
Also elected — same seat
BISHNA
INC· 17,858 votes
INC 14.6%SAD 13.0%18 others 72.4%
Votes
20,593
14.6% share
Winning margin
2,185
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
20
Turnout
59.4%
of 1,19,020

Nawanshehr was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 2,185 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

20 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GURBACHAN SINGH
20,59314.6%
2
DALIP SINGH
18,40813.0%
3
BISHNA
17,85812.6%
4
MOTA SINGH
15,87811.2%
5
HARNAM DASS
15,74411.1%
6
JASWANT SINGH
IND
11,5018.1%
7
GURBACHAN SINGH
9,8236.9%
8
MENGHA
8,8746.3%
9
HARBHAJ RAM
PDCL
8,4085.9%
10
KABUL SINGH
IND
2,7121.9%
11
BALDEV KRISHAN SINGH
1,7611.2%
12
GURDIT SINGH
1,6911.2%
13
GURSARAN DASS
1,4771.0%
14
RAM RAKHA
IND
1,3721.0%
15
RAJINDER SINGH
1,3240.9%
16
KESAR SINGH
IND
1,2990.9%
17
RAJINDER SINGH
IND
8820.6%
18
AJIT SINGH
LCP
8490.6%
19
AJIT SINGH
IND
5560.4%
20
SHAM LAL
IND
4750.3%

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.

Low turnout (116th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 1.5% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
116th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.04
fewer partiesmore parties
7th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
104th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 14.6%SAD 13.0%INC 12.6%SAD 11.2%SCF 11.1%IND 8.1%OTH 29.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,98,739
Density
978 / km²
Sex ratio
873 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,578 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
53%SIKH
Sikh 53.3%Hindu 42.9%Other 3.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water61.2%
Electricity98.3%
Sanitation93.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.1%
Children fully vaccinated73.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.1%
Children underweight (under 5)12.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate82.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.5%
Clean cooking fuel83.2%
Health insurance25.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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