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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 67 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Tarn Taran

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Winner — 1957

GURDIAL SINGH DHILLON
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
NARANAJAN SINGH
INC· 36,249 votes
INC 31.1%INC 27.4%6 others 41.5%
Votes
41,147
31.1% share
Winning margin
19,875
15.0% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
57.0%
of 1,16,009

Tarn Taran is a safe seat — GURDIAL SINGH DHILLON won by 15.0%.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1951 vs 1957

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GURDIAL SINGH DHILLON
INC
41,14731.1%
2
NARANAJAN SINGH
INC
36,24927.4%
3
JAGJIT SINGH
CPI
21,27216.1%
4
DARSHAN SINGH
CPI
18,60314.1%
5
PURAN SINGH
IND
4,2893.2%
6
KAPUR SINGH
BJS
4,2213.2%
7
DALIP SINGH
BJS
4,0693.1%
8
TARA SINGH
IND
2,4711.9%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (37th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
15.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 0.5% · max 41.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
37th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.95
fewer partiesmore parties
86th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
113th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 31.1%INC 27.4%CPI 16.1%CPI 14.1%OTH 11.4%

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
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering Goods🏺Readymade Garments

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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