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NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24
Punjab · Assembly Constituency 78 · 1969
Rajpura
Winner — 1969
HARBANS LAL
BJS· Bharatiya Jana Sangh
BJS 57.3%INC 32.0%3 others 10.6%
Votes
23,755
57.3% share
Winning margin
10,476
25.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
67.3%
of 61,538
Rajpura is a safe seat — HARBANS LAL won by 25.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HARBANS LAL | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 23,755 | 57.3% |
| 2 | SHANTI PARKASH | INC | 13,279 | 32.0% |
| 3 | KARTAR SINGH | Swatantra Party | 3,459 | 8.3% |
| 4 | RACHHPAL SINGH | IND | 632 | 1.5% |
| 5 | CHUMAR RAM | PJP | 316 | 0.8% |
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.
High turnout (6th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean25.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 2.4% · max 40.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
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6th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.41
fewer partiesmore parties
115th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
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117th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 57.3%INC 32.0%SWA 8.3%OTH 2.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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%
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.