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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 111 · 1980
Bhatinda
Winner — 1980
SURINDER SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 49.5%CPI 47.9%3 others 2.6%
Votes
29,943
49.5% share
Winning margin
970
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
62.0%
of 97,493
Bhatinda was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 970 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SURINDER SINGH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 29,943 | 49.5% |
| 2 | MOHINDER SINGH | Left | 28,973 | 47.9% |
| 3 | BALDEV SINGH | IND | 678 | 1.1% |
| 4 | SURINDER JIT SINGH | IND | 588 | 1.0% |
| 5 | CHAMAN LAL | IND | 294 | 0.5% |
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 (45th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 1.6% · max 28.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
75%
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45th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.66
fewer partiesmore parties
22nd of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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64th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 49.5%CPI 47.9%OTH 2.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,95,686
Density
570 / km²
Sex ratio
891 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,325 km²
SC population24.6%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
56%SIKH
Sikh 55.9%Hindu 41.3%Other 2.8%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water57.4%
Electricity97.6%
Sanitation85.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.3%
Children fully vaccinated74.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.3%
Children underweight (under 5)16.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate76.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.8%
Clean cooking fuel80.4%
Health insurance33.8%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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🏷️PhulkariGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.