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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 89 · 1972
Barnala
Winner — 1972
SURJIT SINGH
SAD 56.9%INC 35.6%2 others 7.5%
Votes
30,152
56.9% share
Winning margin
11,303
21.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
74.0%
of 71,613
Barnala is a safe seat — SURJIT SINGH won by 21.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SURJIT SINGH | 30,152 | 56.9% | |
| 2 | ONKAR CHAND | Congress (R) | 18,849 | 35.6% |
| 3 | SOM NATH | IND | 3,108 | 5.9% |
| 4 | NATHA SINGH | IND | 859 | 1.6% |
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.
Average turnout (35th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe21.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.2% · min 0.2% · max 39.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
35th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.83
fewer partiesmore parties
94th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
39th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAD 56.9%INC 35.6%IND 5.9%OTH 1.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,17,508
Density
424 / km²
Sex ratio
890 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,458 km²
SC population38.9%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
76%SIKH
Sikh 76.1%Hindu 22.9%Other 1.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water41.4%
Electricity96.1%
Sanitation84.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.3%
Children fully vaccinated70.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.1%
Children underweight (under 5)20.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.2%
Women literate72.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.9%
Clean cooking fuel79.1%
Health insurance20.4%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Agriculture Implements🏺Basmati (Rice)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.