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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 18 · 1967

Bilaspur

Winner — 1967

D.R.SHANKHYAN
INC· INC
INC 47.2%SWA 35.7%4 others 17.2%
Votes
6,815
47.2% share
Winning margin
1,658
11.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
48.4%
of 29,859

A clear win with a 11.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
D.R.SHANKHYAN
INC
6,81547.2%
2
D.NATH
Swatantra Party
5,15735.7%
3
T.RAM
IND
1,1407.9%
4
GOKAL
Samyukta Socialist Party
6794.7%
5
A.NATH
IND
4403.0%
6
HARIMAN
IND
2211.5%

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.

Low turnout (56th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 5.2% · max 53.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
56th of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.61
fewer partiesmore parties
21st of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
21st of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.2%SWA 35.7%IND 7.9%OTH 9.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,10,075
Density
263 / km²
Sex ratio
1012 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,739 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population5.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.8%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water89.5%
Electricity98.1%
Sanitation65.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.2%
Children fully vaccinated83.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Children underweight (under 5)32.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.4%
Women literate94.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.5%
Clean cooking fuel49.1%
Health insurance36.4%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Kangra PaintingsGI🏷️Kangra TeaGI
Lord Elgin Tomb

Lord Elgin Tomb

🏛️MonumentASI

Lord Elgin Tomb

Rock Inscription, Kanihara

Rock Inscription, Kanihara

🏛️MonumentASI

Rock Inscription

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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