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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 96 · 1980
Firozepur Cantonment
Winner — 1980
GURNAIB SINGH BRAR
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 50.8%SAD 48.0%2 others 1.2%
Votes
29,267
50.8% share
Winning margin
1,610
2.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
71.4%
of 80,707
A closely fought contest. GURNAIB SINGH BRAR won with a 2.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GURNAIB SINGH BRAR |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 29,267 | 50.8% |
| 2 | MOHINDER SINGH SAYANWALA | 27,657 | 48.0% | |
| 3 | BUTI RAM | IND | 410 | 0.7% |
| 4 | JAGDISH PARKASH | IND | 292 | 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.
High turnout (16th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean2.8%
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
117 seats · 59 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 50.8%SAD 48.0%OTH 1.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— 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.