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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1972

Shahpur

Winner — 1972

KULTAR CHAND RANA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 33.6%IND 32.9%4 others 33.4%
Votes
3,474
33.6% share
Winning margin
74
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
40.6%
of 25,424

Shahpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 74 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KULTAR CHAND RANA
Congress (R)
3,47433.6%
2
BISHAN DASS
IND
3,40032.9%
3
RAJINDER PAUL
IND
1,21411.8%
4
DES RAJ
IND
1,05210.2%
5
BANSI LAL
IND
8298.0%
6
KULDIP SINGH
IND
3603.5%

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.

Average turnout (17th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.2% · min 0.7% · max 23.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
17th of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.94
fewer partiesmore parties
66th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
33rd of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.94EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.6%IND 32.9%IND 11.8%IND 10.2%IND 8.0%OTH 3.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
5,21,173
Density
338 / km²
Sex ratio
976 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,540 km²
SC population22.2%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.1%Other 7.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water85.6%
Electricity96.6%
Sanitation60.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.7%
Children fully vaccinated75.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.7%
Children underweight (under 5)25.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate92.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.6%
Clean cooking fuel46.2%
Health insurance22.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Light Engineering Industry

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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