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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1997
Banur
Winner — 1997
KANWALJIT SINGH
SAD· BJP-SAD Alliance (Punjab, 1997)
SAD 49.5%INC 24.6%5 others 25.9%
Votes
44,972
49.5% share
Winning margin
22,598
24.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
67.7%
of 1,34,234
Banur is a safe seat — KANWALJIT SINGH won by 24.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KANWALJIT SINGH | BJP-SAD Alliance (Punjab, 1997) | 44,972 | 49.5% |
| 2 | MOHINDER SINGH GILL | INC | 22,374 | 24.6% |
| 3 | PARKASH SINGH PAKHI | BSP | 15,477 | 17.0% |
| 4 | GURDARSHAN SINGH | United Front | 6,707 | 7.4% |
| 5 | MOHINDER SINGH | IND | 638 | 0.7% |
| 6 | JASWANT RAI | IND | 450 | 0.5% |
| 7 | KIRANJIT SINGH | United Front | 303 | 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 (85th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean24.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.2% · max 32.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
68%
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85th of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.92
fewer partiesmore parties
92nd of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
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29th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAD 49.5%INC 24.6%BSP 17.0%CPM 7.4%OTH 1.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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