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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 86 · 1969

Dhuri

Winner — 1969

SANT SINGH
INC· INC
INC 41.0%CPM 40.1%2 others 18.9%
Votes
17,926
41.0% share
Winning margin
416
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
72.5%
of 60,304

Dhuri was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 416 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SANT SINGH
INC
17,92641.0%
2
HARNAM SINGH
Left
17,51040.1%
3
KARTAR SINGH
IND
6,68315.3%
4
YOG RAJ GOEL
IND
1,5833.6%

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 (22nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
0.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.7% · min 0.3% · max 22.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
22nd of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
97th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
94th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.0%CPM 40.1%IND 15.3%OTH 3.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,01,896
Density
348 / km²
Sex ratio
896 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,593 km²
SC population42.3%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%SIKH
Sikh 70.8%Hindu 28.3%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water54.7%
Electricity96.4%
Sanitation77.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.4%
Children fully vaccinated57.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.0%
Children underweight (under 5)30.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.0%
Women literate71.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.6%
Clean cooking fuel72.9%
Health insurance23.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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