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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 105 · 1980
Muktsar
Winner — 1980
HARCHAND SINGH
SAD 49.5%INC(I) 48.9%6 others 1.6%
Votes
30,003
49.5% share
Winning margin
403
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
67.3%
of 89,981
Muktsar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 403 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HARCHAND SINGH | 30,003 | 49.5% | |
| 2 | HARCHARAN SINGH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 29,600 | 48.9% |
| 3 | KAMAL KUMAR | IND | 459 | 0.8% |
| 4 | HANS RAJ | IND | 148 | 0.2% |
| 5 | MANOHAR LAL | IND | 136 | 0.2% |
| 6 | BALBIR SINGH | IND | 114 | 0.2% |
| 7 | MAJOR SINGH | IND | 93 | 0.1% |
| 8 | SAJJAN SINGH | IND | 32 | 0.1% |
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 (18th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.2% · max 43.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
18th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
107th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
96th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAD 49.5%INC(I) 48.9%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
16,55,169
Density
457 / km²
Sex ratio
885 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,625 km²
SC population27.9%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
65%SIKH
Sikh 65.1%Hindu 23.5%Muslim 10.8%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water47.9%
Electricity97.3%
Sanitation82.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.4%
Children underweight (under 5)18.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.6%
Women literate78.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.0%
Clean cooking fuel69.8%
Health insurance18.7%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Embroidery🏺Metal Casting🏺Vegetable Oil
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.