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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 43 · 1982
Baijnath
Winner — 1982
SANT RAM
INC· Congress (I)
INC 45.9%IND 18.6%7 others 35.4%
Votes
10,346
45.9% share
Winning margin
6,144
27.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
72.9%
of 30,908
Baijnath is a safe seat — SANT RAM won by 27.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SANT RAM | Congress (I) | 10,346 | 45.9% |
| 2 | MILKHI RAM | IND | 4,202 | 18.6% |
| 3 | D.D. KHANORIA | BJP | 4,065 | 18.0% |
| 4 | GURMUKH SINGH | IND | 1,397 | 6.2% |
| 5 | VINOD KUMAR PUROHIT | Left | 1,223 | 5.4% |
| 6 | TARLOK NATH | Left | 879 | 3.9% |
| 7 | NARAIN SINGH | IND | 204 | 0.9% |
| 8 | PARTAP SINGH | Janata | 147 | 0.7% |
| 9 | MONI RAM | IND | 70 | 0.3% |
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 (19th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean27.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 1.9% · max 27.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
79%
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19th of 68How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 68How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
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68th of 68Where does the house stand?
SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.9%IND 18.6%BJP 18.0%IND 6.2%CPM 5.4%OTH 5.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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