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Rajasthan · Assembly Constituency 7 · 1972
Karanpur
Winner — 1972
GURDAYAL SINGH
SOP 49.4%INC 48.0%3 others 2.5%
Votes
21,702
49.5% share
Winning margin
617
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
70.2%
of 62,530
Karanpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 617 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GURDAYAL SINGH | 21,702 | 49.5% | |
| 2 | GURDEEP SINGH | Congress (R) | 21,085 | 48.0% |
| 3 | DHARAM SINGH | IND | 505 | 1.1% |
| 4 | TARA SINGH | IND | 361 | 0.8% |
| 5 | HARNEK SINGH | 234 | 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 (13th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 1.4% · max 47.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
84%
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13th of 199How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.97
fewer partiesmore parties
61st of 199How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
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101st of 199Where does the house stand?
SEAT
184 seats · 93 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SOP 49.5%INC 48.0%OTH 2.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,74,692
Density
184 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,656 km²
SC population27.9%
ST population0.8%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 80.8%Sikh 12.2%Muslim 6.7%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water75.0%
Electricity73.9%
Sanitation84.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.9%
Children fully vaccinated83.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.2%
Children underweight (under 5)21.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.3%
Women literate68.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.6%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance89.0%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.