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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 36 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Jhajjar

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Winner — 1957

SHER SINGH
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
PHUL SINGH
CPI· 33,093 votes
INC 24.0%CPI 22.7%4 others 53.3%
Votes
35,102
24.1% share
Winning margin
3,848
2.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
59.4%
of 1,22,821

A closely fought contest. SHER SINGH won with a 2.6% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHER SINGH
INC
35,10224.1%
2
PHUL SINGH
CPI
33,09322.7%
3
CHAND RAM
INC
31,25421.4%
4
SULTAN SINGH
CPI
26,60118.2%
5
NIRANJAN KUMAR
IND
16,79311.5%
6
CHANDGI RAM
IND
3,1382.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (95th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.8% · min 0.5% · max 54.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
95th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.43
fewer partiesmore parties
42nd of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
47th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 24.1%CPI 22.7%INC 21.4%CPI 18.2%IND 11.5%OTH 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
21,93,590
Density
836 / km²
Sex ratio
915 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,624 km²
SC population39.0%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
64%HINDU
Hindu 63.6%Sikh 32.8%Other 3.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water65.4%
Electricity98.3%
Sanitation86.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.3%
Children fully vaccinated91.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.8%
Children underweight (under 5)16.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.0%
Women literate86.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.4%
Clean cooking fuel82.3%
Health insurance25.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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