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NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24
Punjab · Assembly Constituency 71 · 1980
Rajpura
Winner — 1980
BALWANT SINGH
CPM· Left
CPM 43.5%INC(I) 27.8%8 others 28.7%
Votes
23,380
43.5% share
Winning margin
8,415
15.7% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
64.2%
of 83,786
Rajpura is a safe seat — BALWANT SINGH won by 15.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BALWANT SINGH | Left | 23,380 | 43.5% |
| 2 | BIRJ LAL |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 14,965 | 27.8% |
| 3 | HARBANS LAL | BJP | 7,994 | 14.9% |
| 4 | SAT PARKASH | IND | 3,815 | 7.1% |
| 5 | SHINGARA SINGH | IND | 1,723 | 3.2% |
| 6 | SARDARA SINGH | IND | 539 | 1.0% |
| 7 | JAGJIWAN RAM | IND | 478 | 0.9% |
| 8 | MURARI LAL | IND | 349 | 0.7% |
| 9 | RAJ KUMAR S/O SANTU RAM | IND | 344 | 0.6% |
| 10 | RAJ KUMAR S/O GOBIND RAM | IND | 182 | 0.3% |
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.
Average turnout (71st), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe15.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.2% · min 0.4% · max 46.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
71%
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71st of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.37
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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53rd of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 43.5%INC(I) 27.8%BJP 14.9%IND 7.1%OTH 6.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,95,746
Density
444 / km²
Sex ratio
893 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,242 km²
SC population36.5%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%SIKH
Sikh 82.2%Hindu 15.9%Other 1.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water47.9%
Electricity95.9%
Sanitation87.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated80.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.0%
Children underweight (under 5)16.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.4%
Women literate74.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.1%
Clean cooking fuel71.5%
Health insurance23.7%
What's nearby?
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