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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 58 · 1985

Ludhiana West

Winner — 1985

HARNAM DASS JOHAR
INC· INC
INC 46.2%SAD 34.6%10 others 19.2%
Votes
23,809
46.2% share
Winning margin
5,954
11.6% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
55.7%
of 92,521

A clear win with a 11.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARNAM DASS JOHAR
INC
23,80946.2%
2
RAKESH KUMAR CHOPRA
Akali (Shiromani Akali Dal)
17,85534.6%
3
INDERJIT
IND
4,5688.9%
4
INDERJIT SINGH
BJP
3,7637.3%
5
RAJ KUMAR
IND
7901.5%
6
KIRPAL SINGH
IND
2650.5%
7
SUSHIL KUMAR DHANDA
IND
1210.2%
8
PARAMJIT SINGH
IND
940.2%
9
SARDAR SINGH
IND
920.2%
10
PUSHAP KAMAL
IND
810.2%
11
TARLOCHAN SINGH
IND
740.1%
12
SURINDERPAL SINGH BINDRA
IND
510.1%

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.

Average turnout (42nd), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 2.4% · max 28.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
42nd of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.77
fewer partiesmore parties
17th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
58th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.2%SAD 34.6%IND 8.9%BJP 7.3%OTH 3.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,98,739
Density
978 / km²
Sex ratio
873 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,578 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
53%SIKH
Sikh 53.3%Hindu 42.9%Other 3.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water61.2%
Electricity98.3%
Sanitation93.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.1%
Children fully vaccinated73.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.1%
Children underweight (under 5)12.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate82.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.5%
Clean cooking fuel83.2%
Health insurance25.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering Goods🏺Readymade Garments

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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