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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1980
Amritsar South
Winner — 1980
PIRTHIPAL SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 50.1%JNP(JP) 46.9%5 others 3.0%
Votes
27,286
50.1% share
Winning margin
1,761
3.2% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
59.9%
of 90,945
A closely fought contest. PIRTHIPAL SINGH won with a 3.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIRTHIPAL SINGH |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 27,286 | 50.1% |
| 2 | KIRPAL SINGH | JNP(JP) | 25,525 | 46.9% |
| 3 | RACHPAL SINGH BEDI | 752 | 1.4% | |
| 4 | VIDYA SAGAR SINGH | IND | 433 | 0.8% |
| 5 | MOHAN SINGH CHAMAK | IND | 314 | 0.6% |
| 6 | JEON SINGH | IND | 81 | 0.1% |
| 7 | SAROOP SINGH | IND | 51 | 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.
Low turnout (114th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe3.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.9% · min 0.5% · max 44.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
59%
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114th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
95th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
83rd of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 50.1%JNP(JP) 46.9%OTH 3.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,90,656
Density
928 / km²
Sex ratio
889 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,683 km²
SC population30.9%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
69%SIKH
Sikh 68.9%Hindu 27.7%Other 3.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water45.5%
Electricity96.0%
Sanitation79.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.9%
Children fully vaccinated65.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.4%
Children underweight (under 5)11.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.1%
Women literate80.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.2%
Clean cooking fuel82.9%
Health insurance26.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.