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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 79 · 1957

Dera Baba Nanak

Winner — 1957

WARYAM SINGH
INC· INC
INC 43.0%IND 34.7%3 others 22.3%
Votes
15,325
43.0% share
Winning margin
2,933
8.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
62.1%
of 57,477

A clear win with a 8.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
WARYAM SINGH
15,32543.0%
2
MAKHAN SINGH
IND
12,39234.7%
3
RALLA RAM
3,1368.8%
4
TARA SINGH
IND
2,8898.1%
5
PARMINDER SINGH
1,9345.4%

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.

High turnout (11th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.7% · min 0.0% · max 33.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
11th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
109th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
107th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.0%IND 34.7%BJS 8.8%IND 8.1%CPI 5.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,29,074
Density
382 / km²
Sex ratio
893 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,305 km²
SC population42.2%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
54%SIKH
Sikh 53.8%Hindu 44.7%Other 1.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water43.2%
Electricity93.5%
Sanitation73.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.5%
Children fully vaccinated74.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.0%
Children underweight (under 5)22.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.5%
Women literate75.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.5%
Clean cooking fuel68.6%
Health insurance21.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Basmati (Rice)🏺Chillies🏺Citrus Fruits (Kinnow)

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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