1. Chandigarh is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in region of Chandigarh in North India. This urban general constituency has an estimated Scheduled Caste population of 18.86% and a Scheduled Tribe population of 0%. The estimated literacy level of Chandigarh is 86.43%. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there were a total of eligible electors and the voter turnout was calculated at %. The seat went to the polls on Phase 7 on Sunday, May 19, 2019.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Kher Kirron Anupam of BJP won in this seat by defeating the INC candidate by a margin of 69,642 votes which was 15.36% of the total votes polled in the constituency. BJP had a vote share of 42.20% in 2014 in the seat. There were a total of 17 contestants in 2014.
In 2009, Pawan Kumar Bansal of INC emerged victorious in this seat by defeating the BJP candidate by a margin of 58,967 votes which was 17.16% of the total votes polled. INC had a vote share of 46.87% in 2019, in the constituency. There were 14 contestants in 2009.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Parliamentary polls in the seat was 73.71% and in 2009, the constituency registered 65.51% turnout during polling.
As of December 2018, the Member of Parliament from Chandigarh was: Kher Kirron Anupam (BJP) . The 2019 Lok Sabha election results are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
According to the 2014 electoral rolls, the electorate included 3,33,621 men, 2,81,593 women and 0 voters of the third gender.
Refer to the live updating results tables for the latest Chandigarh Lok Sabha results.
The geographic coordinates of Chandigarh is: 30.7194 76.7647
Constituency and state name in other Indian languages: चंडीगढ़, चंडीगढ़ (Hindi); চণ্ডীগড়, চণ্ডীগড় (Bengali); चंदिगड, चंदिगड (Marathi); ચંદિગઢ, ચંદિગઢ (Gujarati); சண்டிகர், சண்டிகர் (Tamil); ఛండీగడ్, ఛండీగడ్ (Telugu); ಚಂಡೀಗಢ್, ಚಂಡೀಗಢ್ (Kannada); ചണ്ടിഗഢ്, ചണ്ടിഗഢ് (Malayalam).
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