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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 101 · 2002Reserved (SC)

Nihal Singh Wala

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Winner — 2002

ZORA SINGH
SAD· BJP-SAD Alliance (NDA) (NDA)
SAD 44.2%CPI 20.8%8 others 35.0%
Votes
35,556
44.2% share
Winning margin
18,827
23.4% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
65.4%
of 1,23,042

Nihal Singh Wala is a safe seat — ZORA SINGH won by 23.4%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ZORA SINGH
SAD
BJP-SAD Alliance (NDA) (NDA)
35,55644.2%
2
AJAIB SINGH
CPI
16,72920.8%
3
AJIT SINGH
IND
9,01611.2%
4
SWARAN SINGH
SAD(M)
7,4559.3%
5
FAQIR MUHAMAD
LBP
5,5446.9%
6
GURDEEP KAUR
BSP
BSP
2,7153.4%
7
MEGHA SINGH
IND
1,1121.4%
8
SADAJIT SINGH
NCP
NCP
9561.2%
9
SARUP SINGH
LJP
8661.1%
10
DARSHAN SINGH
IND
4700.6%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (20th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
23.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.0% · min 1.7% · max 66.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
20th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
112th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
15th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
117 seats · 59 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAD 44.2%CPI 20.8%IND 11.2%SAD(M) 9.3%LBP 6.9%OTH 7.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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
🏺Embroidery🏺Metal Casting🏺Vegetable Oil

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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