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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 24 · 1969

Amritsar South

Winner — 1969

KIRPAL SINGH
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 45.9%BJS 35.4%5 others 18.7%
Votes
20,282
45.9% share
Winning margin
4,632
10.5% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
79.0%
of 55,960

A clear win with a 10.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KIRPAL SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
20,28245.9%
2
HARBANS LAL
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
15,65035.4%
3
HIRA LAL
INC
7,55017.1%
4
MOHAN SINGH
IND
5161.2%
5
DWARKA DASS
IND
1330.3%
6
JASWANT SINGH
IND
510.1%
7
RAM SINGH
IND
220.1%

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 (63rd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
10.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 1.8% · max 45.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
63rd of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.42
fewer partiesmore parties
44th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
50th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 45.9%BJS 35.4%INC 17.1%OTH 1.6%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Achar-Muraba🏺Embroidery🏺Tourism

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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