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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 50 · 1957

Tosham

Winner — 1957

CHANDER BHAN
IND
IND 45.3%INC 24.2%4 others 30.5%
Votes
13,855
45.3% share
Winning margin
6,460
21.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
59.1%
of 51,707

Tosham is a safe seat — CHANDER BHAN won by 21.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHANDER BHAN
IND
13,85545.3%
2
AMIR SINGH
7,39524.2%
3
JAI SINGH
IND
3,28010.7%
4
SADDA
IND
2,9909.8%
5
RAM BHAGAT
1,9626.4%
6
SIS RAM
IND
1,0963.6%

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 (49th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 0.3% · max 32.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
49th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.34
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
105th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 45.3%INC 24.2%IND 10.7%IND 9.8%BJS 6.4%OTH 3.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,84,627
Density
505 / km²
Sex ratio
915 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,356 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
53%SIKH
Sikh 52.7%Hindu 44.5%Other 2.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water60.8%
Electricity97.2%
Sanitation66.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.8%
Children fully vaccinated76.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER15.1%
Children underweight (under 5)15.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.5%
Women literate86.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER2.4%
Clean cooking fuel63.9%
Health insurance37.8%

What's nearby?

2 locations
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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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