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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 20 · 1952 by-elections

Churah

Winner — 1952 by-elections

SANT RAM
IND
IND 84.9%INC 11.0%1 others 4.1%
Votes
7,369
84.9% share
Winning margin
6,415
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
3

Churah was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 6,415 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SANT RAM
IND
7,3690.0%
2
D. RAM
9540.0%
3
H. KRISHAN
3600.0%

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 (67th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 1.8% · max 43.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
67th of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
38th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
1st of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
4 seats · 3 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,10,075
Density
263 / km²
Sex ratio
1012 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,739 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population5.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.8%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water89.5%
Electricity98.1%
Sanitation65.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.2%
Children fully vaccinated83.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Children underweight (under 5)32.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.4%
Women literate94.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.5%
Clean cooking fuel49.1%
Health insurance36.4%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Kangra PaintingsGI🏷️Kangra TeaGI
Sidh nath Temple

Sidh nath Temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Sidh nath Temple

Temple Baijnath

Temple Baijnath

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple Baijnath

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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