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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 18 · 1957

Pundri

Winner — 1957

BHAG SINGH
SCF 47.9%INC 43.2%1 others 8.9%
Votes
13,858
47.9% share
Winning margin
1,352
4.7% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
61.9%
of 46,767

A closely fought contest. BHAG SINGH won with a 4.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHAG SINGH
13,85847.9%
2
HARNAM SINGH
12,50643.2%
3
BANWARI
IND
2,5878.9%

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 (105th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.1% · max 43.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
105th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.48
fewer partiesmore parties
35th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
75th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SCF 47.9%INC 43.2%IND 8.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,90,656
Density
928 / km²
Sex ratio
889 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,683 km²
SC population30.9%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
69%SIKH
Sikh 68.9%Hindu 27.7%Other 3.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water45.5%
Electricity96.0%
Sanitation79.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.9%
Children fully vaccinated65.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.4%
Children underweight (under 5)11.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.1%
Women literate80.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.2%
Clean cooking fuel82.9%
Health insurance26.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Achar-Muraba🏺Embroidery🏺Tourism

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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