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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 96 · 1980 by-elections
Firozepur Cantonment
Winner — 1980 by-elections
M.SINGH
SAD 49.5%INC(I) 49.4%1 others 1.1%
Votes
26,590
49.5% share
Winning margin
82
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Firozepur Cantonment was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 82 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M.SINGH | 26,590 | 0.0% | |
| 2 | G.SINGH |  INC(I) | 26,508 | 0.0% |
| 3 | J.PARKASH | IND | 576 | 0.0% |
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 (16th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.3% · min 0.9% · max 36.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
79%
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16th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.49
fewer partiesmore parties
106th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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76th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
— DOESN'T APPLYWho ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
7,69,751
Density
350 / km²
Sex ratio
883 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,198 km²
SC population33.6%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%SIKH
Sikh 77.8%Hindu 20.3%Other 1.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water48.8%
Electricity95.2%
Sanitation67.7%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.8%
Children fully vaccinated79.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.6%
Children underweight (under 5)22.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.4%
Women literate67.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.5%
Clean cooking fuel52.3%
Health insurance18.4%
What's nearby?
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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.