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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 93 · 1972
Sunam
Winner — 1972
GURBACHAN SINGH
SAD 30.5%INC 29.5%3 others 40.0%
Votes
14,820
30.5% share
Winning margin
489
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
70.5%
of 68,897
Sunam was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 489 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GURBACHAN SINGH | 14,820 | 30.5% | |
| 2 | KRISHAN CHAND | Congress (R) | 14,331 | 29.5% |
| 3 | BHAGWAN SINGH | IND | 12,820 | 26.4% |
| 4 | BALBIR SINGH | Left | 5,011 | 10.3% |
| 5 | GURMUKH SINGH | IND | 1,576 | 3.3% |
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.
High turnout (21st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 1.0% · max 36.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
78%
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21st of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
100th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
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8th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
104 seats · 53 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAD 30.5%INC 29.5%IND 26.4%CPM 10.3%OTH 3.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,88,525
Density
414 / km²
Sex ratio
868 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,353 km²
SC population32.4%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%SIKH
Sikh 70.9%Hindu 27.4%Other 1.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water57.0%
Electricity96.1%
Sanitation87.4%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.1%
Children fully vaccinated66.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.0%
Children underweight (under 5)23.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.7%
Women literate69.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.2%
Clean cooking fuel78.1%
Health insurance20.1%
What's nearby?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Citrus Fruits (Kinnow)🏺Cotton Yarn🏺Honey
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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.