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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 48 · 2002

Ranikhet

Winner — 2002

AJAY BHATT
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 33.8%INC 26.1%8 others 40.1%
Votes
10,199
33.8% share
Winning margin
2,302
7.6% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
52.1%
of 58,018

A clear win with a 7.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJAY BHATT
BJP (NDA)
10,19933.8%
2
POORAN SINGH
INC
7,89726.1%
3
NARENDRA SINGH
UKKD
3,99013.2%
4
RAMESH SINGH CHILWAL
IND
3,51511.6%
5
PRAKASH CHANDRA SINGH
UJP
1,5235.0%
6
KISHAN LAL
BSP
1,2094.0%
7
PIYUSH CHANDRA
IND
7542.5%
8
BALWANT SINGH
Samajwadi Party
4741.6%
9
SMT. SUCHITRA RAWAT
3741.2%
10
MOHAN CHANDRA BELWAL
NDA
2820.9%

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.

Low turnout (63rd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
7.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.0% · min 0.4% · max 14.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher
63rd of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.33
fewer partiesmore parties
8th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
7th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 33.8%INC 26.1%UKKD 13.2%IND 11.6%UJP 5.0%OTH 10.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,22,506
Density
198 / km²
Sex ratio
1139 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,144 km²
SC population24.3%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
98%HINDU
Hindu 98.2%Other 1.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.5%
Electricity78.9%
Sanitation55.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.1%
Children fully vaccinated85.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.0%
Children underweight (under 5)22.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.4%
Women literate86.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.5%
Clean cooking fuel35.9%
Health insurance66.0%

What's nearby?

8 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bal Mithai
Badrinath group

Badrinath group

🏛️MonumentASI

Badrinath group

Gujardev temple

Gujardev temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Gujardev temple

Kutumbari

Kutumbari

🏛️MonumentASI

Kutumbari

Maniyan group

Maniyan group

🏛️MonumentASI

Maniyan group

Mritunjaya group

Mritunjaya group

🏛️MonumentASI

Mritunjaya group

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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