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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 36 · 1967

Baijnath

Winner — 1967

B.RAM
CPI· Left
CPI 26.2%INC 24.8%6 others 49.0%
Votes
3,415
26.2% share
Winning margin
183
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
46.6%
of 27,954

Baijnath was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 183 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B.RAM
Left
3,41526.2%
2
K.DEVI
INC
3,23224.8%
3
S.RAM
IND
2,73421.0%
4
B.RAM
IND
1,2949.9%
5
A.CHAND
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1,2339.5%
6
R.PARKASH
IND
6485.0%
7
BIDHIA
IND
2541.9%
8
LALA
IND
2221.7%

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 (62nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.7% · min 0.1% · max 23.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
62nd of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
22nd of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
43rd of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 26.2%INC 24.8%IND 21.0%IND 9.9%BJS 9.5%OTH 8.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
4,54,768
Density
407 / km²
Sex ratio
1095 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,118 km²
SC population24.0%
ST population0.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 98.8%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water90.3%
Electricity99.1%
Sanitation89.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.6%
Children fully vaccinated74.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.3%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.5%
Women literate94.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER3.5%
Clean cooking fuel44.7%
Health insurance32.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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