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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 67 · 1967
Ludhiana South
Winner — 1967
V.A. VISHWANATH
BJS· Akali-led coalition
BJS 38.3%INC 29.6%6 others 32.2%
Votes
14,482
38.3% share
Winning margin
3,288
8.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
69.5%
of 54,494
A clear win with a 8.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V.A. VISHWANATH | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 14,482 | 38.3% |
| 2 | J. PALL | INC | 11,194 | 29.6% |
| 3 | M. SINGH | ADM | 8,257 | 21.8% |
| 4 | B. SINGH | Left | 3,037 | 8.0% |
| 5 | P. CHAND | IND | 310 | 0.8% |
| 6 | A. CHANDU | IND | 288 | 0.8% |
| 7 | U. CHAND | Praja Socialist Party | 167 | 0.4% |
| 8 | G. SHANKAR | IND | 123 | 0.3% |
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 (37th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe8.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 0.5% · max 41.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
76%
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37th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.95
fewer partiesmore parties
86th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
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113th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 38.3%INC 29.6%ADM 21.8%CPM 8.0%OTH 2.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
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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.