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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 49 · 1951

Kulu

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Winner — 1951

LAL CHAND
IND
IND 35.8%INC 31.7%3 others 32.5%
Votes
4,820
35.8% share
Winning margin
546
4.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
33.6%
of 40,134

A closely fought contest. LAL CHAND won with a 4.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAL CHAND
IND
4,82035.8%
2
JAGAN NATH
INC
4,27431.7%
3
TEJ SINGH
BJS
2,00514.9%
4
RAJINDER PAL
IND
1,95914.5%
5
BHAGWAT GURU
IND
4193.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (55th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 2.1% · max 32.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
55th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
113th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
18th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 35.8%INC 31.7%BJS 14.9%IND 14.5%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,84,627
Density
505 / km²
Sex ratio
915 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,356 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
53%SIKH
Sikh 52.7%Hindu 44.5%Other 2.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water60.8%
Electricity97.2%
Sanitation66.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.8%
Children fully vaccinated76.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER15.1%
Children underweight (under 5)15.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.5%
Women literate86.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER2.4%
Clean cooking fuel63.9%
Health insurance37.8%

What's nearby?

1 location
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Virasat-e-Khalsa

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