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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 50 · 2002

Almora

Winner — 2002

KAILASH SHARMA
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 29.3%INC 24.7%8 others 46.0%
Votes
10,224
29.3% share
Winning margin
1,604
4.6% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
50.5%
of 69,116

A closely fought contest. KAILASH SHARMA won with a 4.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAILASH SHARMA
BJP (NDA)
10,22429.3%
2
MANOJ TEWARI
INC
8,62024.7%
3
DHARAM SINGH MEHARA
IND
7,62921.9%
4
ASHOK / A.K.SIKANDAR PANWAR
BSP
3,50710.1%
5
P.C.TEWARI
UKKD
1,5874.5%
6
PURAN SINGH RAYAL
IND
1,1083.2%
7
AVTAR SINGH RAWAT
NCP
6781.9%
8
GIRISH SINGH MEHATA
Samajwadi Party
6571.9%
9
RAJENDRA SINGH VANI
BBMKD
5841.7%
10
NEERAJ NAYAL
3100.9%

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 (65th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
4.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.9% · min 0.2% · max 12.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
51%
lowerhigher
65th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
54th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
15th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 29.3%INC 24.7%IND 21.9%BSP 10.1%OTH 14.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,22,506
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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bal Mithai

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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