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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 44 · 2003

Palampur

Winner — 2003

BRIJ BEHARI LAL
INC· INC
INC 53.8%BJP 37.8%8 others 8.4%
Votes
24,333
53.8% share
Winning margin
7,243
16.0% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
74.9%
of 60,378

Palampur is a safe seat — BRIJ BEHARI LAL won by 16.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BRIJ BEHARI LAL
INC
24,33353.8%
2
PARVEEN KUMAR
NDA
17,09037.8%
3
RAMESH BHAU
IND
7341.6%
4
GOPAL CHAND
HVC
NDA
7311.6%
5
KAMLESH KUMARI
BSP
6661.5%
6
AJIT KUMAR
6311.4%
7
JAGDISH RAM
NCP
3850.8%
8
SUNITABEN JASHUBHAI PATEL
Samajwadi Party
2960.7%
9
KAPOOR CHAND
IND
2640.6%
10
ANIL KUMAR
IND
950.2%

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 (21st), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.6% · min 2.1% · max 19.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
21st of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
62nd of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.8%BJP 37.8%OTH 8.4%

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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