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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 21 · 1972
Bilaspur
Winner — 1972
KISHORI LAL
INC· Congress (R)
INC 50.0%LRP 22.8%7 others 27.1%
Votes
5,431
50.0% share
Winning margin
2,954
27.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
41.9%
of 25,932
Bilaspur is a safe seat — KISHORI LAL won by 27.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KISHORI LAL | Congress (R) | 5,431 | 50.0% |
| 2 | SANT RAM | LRP | 2,477 | 22.8% |
| 3 | KANSHI RAM BHANDARI | IND | 756 | 7.0% |
| 4 | DEVI RAM | IND | 564 | 5.2% |
| 5 | SHANKAR SINGH | Left | 497 | 4.6% |
| 6 | KULDIP SINGH | Grand Alliance | 477 | 4.4% |
| 7 | TEG SINGH | IND | 337 | 3.1% |
| 8 | KALI DASS | IND | 232 | 2.1% |
| 9 | NAND LAL | IND | 84 | 0.8% |
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.
Average turnout (43rd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean27.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 1.6% · max 37.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
43rd of 68How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 68How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
60th of 68Where does the house stand?
SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.0%LRP 22.8%IND 7.0%IND 5.2%OTH 15.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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