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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 18 · 1982
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Winner — 1982
KUSH PARMAR
INC· Congress (I)
INC 39.0%BJP 29.9%6 others 31.1%
Votes
10,099
39.0% share
Winning margin
2,352
9.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
78.4%
of 33,018
A clear win with a 9.1% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KUSH PARMAR | Congress (I) | 10,099 | 39.0% |
| 2 | MILK RAJ | BJP | 7,747 | 29.9% |
| 3 | RATTAN SINGH | IND | 5,942 | 22.9% |
| 4 | JAGMOHAN BHARDWAJ | Janata | 644 | 2.5% |
| 5 | BASHIR | IND | 633 | 2.4% |
| 6 | BUDH RAM | IND | 323 | 1.3% |
| 7 | SWARAN SINGH | IND | 315 | 1.2% |
| 8 | SUNDER LAL | IND | 189 | 0.7% |
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 (56th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean9.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 5.2% · max 53.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
56th of 68How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.61
fewer partiesmore parties
21st of 68How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
21st of 68Where does the house stand?
SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.0%BJP 29.9%IND 22.9%OTH 8.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Kangra PaintingsGI🏷️Kangra TeaGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.