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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 89 · 1952 by-elections

Amritsar City North

Winner — 1952 by-elections

CHANDAN LAL
INC 43.1%BJS 39.9%5 others 17.1%
Votes
9,503
43.0% share
Winning margin
704
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
7

Amritsar City North was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 704 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHANDAN LAL
9,5030.0%
2
BALRAM DASS
8,7990.0%
3
G. SINGH
GJC
3,1600.0%
4
D. DEV
IND
2480.0%
5
B. DUTT
IND
2040.0%
6
RAMRATTAN
IND
910.0%
7
S. DAYAL
IND
690.0%

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.

Average turnout (35th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 0.2% · max 39.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
35th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.83
fewer partiesmore parties
94th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
39th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
13 seats · 7 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,17,508
Density
424 / km²
Sex ratio
890 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,458 km²
SC population38.9%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
76%SIKH
Sikh 76.1%Hindu 22.9%Other 1.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water41.4%
Electricity96.1%
Sanitation84.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.3%
Children fully vaccinated70.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.1%
Children underweight (under 5)20.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.2%
Women literate72.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.9%
Clean cooking fuel79.1%
Health insurance20.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Agriculture Implements🏺Basmati (Rice)

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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