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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
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SANT RAM
Congress (I)
10,34645.9%
2
MILKHI RAM
IND
4,20218.6%
3
D.D. KHANORIA
BJP
4,06518.0%
4
GURMUKH SINGH
IND
1,3976.2%
5
VINOD KUMAR PUROHIT
Left
1,2235.4%
6
TARLOK NATH
Left
8793.9%
7
NARAIN SINGH
IND
2040.9%
8
PARTAP SINGH
Janata
1470.7%
9
MONI RAM
IND
700.3%

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
lean
27.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 1.9% · max 27.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
19th of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
68th of 68

Where 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 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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