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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 45 · 1998

Sulah

Winner — 1998

BIPAN SINGH PARMAR
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 47.8%INC 47.4%2 others 4.8%
Votes
14,690
47.8% share
Winning margin
125
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
68.4%
of 44,927

Sulah was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 125 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIPAN SINGH PARMAR
BJP (NDA)
14,69047.8%
2
JAGJIWAN PAUL
INC
14,56547.4%
3
KAMLESH KUMAR SHARMA
HVC
1,2514.1%
4
RAMDEV PANJLA
2360.8%

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 (27th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.4% · max 35.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
27th of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.04
fewer partiesmore parties
62nd of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
36th of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 47.8%INC 47.4%OTH 4.8%

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

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