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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 117 · 1962

Amritsar City Civil Lines

Winner — 1962

JAI INDER SINGH
INC· INC
INC 36.4%PSP 23.9%7 others 39.8%
Votes
17,842
36.4% share
Winning margin
6,126
12.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
70.3%
of 69,816

A clear win with a 12.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAI INDER SINGH
INC
17,84236.4%
2
KIRPAL SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
11,71623.9%
3
KESHAB CHANDER
10,51821.4%
4
SAT PAL
Left
8,07316.4%
5
MOHAN SINGH
IND
3560.7%
6
HARNAM SINGH
IND
2700.6%
7
GURDIP SINGH
Swatantra Party
1740.3%
8
AMAR NATH
IND
800.2%
9
RATTAN SINGH
IND
440.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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 (41st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.6% · max 37.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
41st of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
114th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
3rd of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.4%PSP 23.9%BJS 21.4%CPI 16.4%OTH 1.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,95,686
Density
570 / km²
Sex ratio
891 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,325 km²
SC population24.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
56%SIKH
Sikh 55.9%Hindu 41.3%Other 2.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water57.4%
Electricity97.6%
Sanitation85.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.3%
Children fully vaccinated74.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.3%
Children underweight (under 5)16.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate76.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.8%
Clean cooking fuel80.4%
Health insurance33.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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