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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 13 · 1972
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Winner — 1972
DAULAT RAM CHAUHAN
BJS· Grand Alliance
BJS 42.3%INC 38.4%7 others 19.2%
Votes
5,990
42.3% share
Winning margin
555
3.9% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
45.2%
of 31,314
A closely fought contest. DAULAT RAM CHAUHAN won with a 3.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAULAT RAM CHAUHAN | Grand Alliance | 5,990 | 42.3% |
| 2 | SHIV DUTT BHARDWAJ | Congress (R) | 5,435 | 38.4% |
| 3 | PRITHI CHAND | IND | 1,880 | 13.3% |
| 4 | SURRINDER SINGH AHUJA | IND | 263 | 1.9% |
| 5 | INDER CHAND GUPTA | 184 | 1.3% | |
| 6 | J. JACOB | 169 | 1.2% | |
| 7 | KALI DASS VASUDEVA | IND | 112 | 0.8% |
| 8 | COMRADE JOGINDER SINGH | IND | 70 | 0.5% |
| 9 | BASHESHAR DAYAL | IND | 44 | 0.3% |
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 (66th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe3.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.9% · min 3.4% · max 79.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
65%
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66th of 68How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
42nd of 68How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
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39th of 68Where does the house stand?
SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 42.3%INC 38.4%IND 13.3%OTH 5.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Kangra PaintingsGI🏷️Kangra TeaGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.