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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 101 · 1997Reserved (SC)
Nihal Singh Wala
Winner — 1997
AJAIB SINGH
CPI· United Front
CPI 47.3%SAD 45.2%1 others 7.5%
Votes
39,842
47.3% share
Winning margin
1,791
2.1% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
73.3%
of 1,14,967
A closely fought contest. AJAIB SINGH won with a 2.1% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJAIB SINGH | United Front | 39,842 | 47.3% |
| 2 | ZORA SINGH | BJP-SAD Alliance (Punjab, 1997) | 38,051 | 45.2% |
| 3 | PARAMJIT SINGH | BSP | 6,358 | 7.5% |
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 (20th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean2.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.0% · min 1.7% · max 66.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
78%
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20th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
112th of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
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15th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 47.3%SAD 45.2%BSP 7.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,55,169
Density
457 / km²
Sex ratio
885 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,625 km²
SC population27.9%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
65%SIKH
Sikh 65.1%Hindu 23.5%Muslim 10.8%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water47.9%
Electricity97.3%
Sanitation82.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.4%
Children underweight (under 5)18.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.6%
Women literate78.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.0%
Clean cooking fuel69.8%
Health insurance18.7%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.