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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 25 · 1967

Amritsar Central

Winner — 1967

B. DASS
BJS· Akali-led coalition
BJS 59.9%INC 35.4%2 others 4.7%
Votes
22,404
59.9% share
Winning margin
9,148
24.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
75.7%
of 49,428

Amritsar Central is a safe seat — B. DASS won by 24.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B. DASS
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
22,40459.9%
2
J.I. SINGH
INC
13,25635.4%
3
T. RAM
IND
1,2943.5%
4
M. SINGH
ADM
4641.2%

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.

Low turnout (102nd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
24.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.9% · min 0.4% · max 85.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
102nd of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.55
fewer partiesmore parties
29th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
55th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 59.9%INC 35.4%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,90,656
Density
928 / km²
Sex ratio
889 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,683 km²
SC population30.9%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
69%SIKH
Sikh 68.9%Hindu 27.7%Other 3.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water45.5%
Electricity96.0%
Sanitation79.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.9%
Children fully vaccinated65.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.4%
Children underweight (under 5)11.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.1%
Women literate80.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.2%
Clean cooking fuel82.9%
Health insurance26.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Achar-Muraba🏺Embroidery🏺Tourism
🏛️

Gateway of the old Sarai Akbar or Jahangir

🏛️MonumentASI

Gateway of the old Sarai Akbar or Jahangir

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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