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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 21 · 1951

Chamba

Winner — 1951

CHATTAR SINGH
INC 61.1%BJS 24.0%2 others 14.8%
Votes
2,567
61.1% share
Winning margin
1,557
37.1% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
25.5%
of 16,494

Chamba is a safe seat — CHATTAR SINGH won by 37.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHATTAR SINGH
2,56761.1%
2
MANGAT RAM
1,01024.1%
3
MANHAT PAL
IND
3157.5%
4
MOHAN LALL
KMPP
3087.3%

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 (43rd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
37.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 1.6% · max 37.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
43rd of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
60th of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
36 seats · 19 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 61.1%BJS 24.1%IND 7.5%KMPP 7.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
31,564
Density
2 / km²
Sex ratio
903 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
13,841 km²
SC population7.1%
ST population81.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
62%BUDDHIST
Buddhist 62.0%Hindu 36.9%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water91.5%
Electricity83.9%
Sanitation78.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated77.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.5%
Children underweight (under 5)18.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER82.1%
Women literate86.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.2%
Clean cooking fuel71.7%
Health insurance31.2%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Processing of Seabuckthorn (Charma)
Buddhist Monastery

Buddhist Monastery

🏛️MonumentASI

Buddhist Monastery

Mirkula Devi Temple

Mirkula Devi Temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Mirkula Devi Temple

Phoo Gumpha

Phoo Gumpha

🏛️MonumentASI

Phoo Gumpha

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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