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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 4 · 1962

Kangra

Winner — 1962

AMAR NATH
INC· INC
INC 37.1%BJS 36.2%6 others 26.7%
Votes
11,436
37.1% share
Winning margin
305
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
45.6%
of 67,476

Kangra was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 305 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AMAR NATH
INC
11,43637.1%
2
DURGA CHAND
11,13136.1%
3
DHANI RAM
IND
3,0639.9%
4
BIDHI SINGH
IND
2,0656.7%
5
CHANDER SHEIKHAR
IND
1,0933.5%
6
POHLO RAM
IND
1,0473.4%
7
CHANDAR MANI
IND
6732.2%
8
SANT RAM
Praja Socialist Party
2810.9%

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 (62nd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 1.0% · max 50.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
62nd of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.66
fewer partiesmore parties
21st of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
90th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.1%BJS 36.1%IND 9.9%IND 6.7%OTH 10.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,98,323
Density
647 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,551 km²
SC population25.3%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
47%HINDU
Hindu 46.7%Sikh 43.6%Christian 7.7%Other 1.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.0%
Electricity95.4%
Sanitation60.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.4%
Children fully vaccinated80.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.1%
Children underweight (under 5)15.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.2%
Women literate82.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.5%
Clean cooking fuel81.3%
Health insurance23.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Foundry Cluster🏺Jaggery🏺Litchi

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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