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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1977Reserved (SC)

Rajgir

Winner — 1977

GULER CHAND
JNP· Janata
JNP 46.3%INC 33.3%6 others 20.5%
Votes
6,571
46.3% share
Winning margin
1,842
13.0% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
51.3%
of 27,704

A clear win with a 13.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GULER CHAND
Janata
6,57146.3%
2
MILKHI RAM GOMA
INC
4,72933.3%
3
PIARU
Left
1,51910.7%
4
WAZIRCHAND
IND
8035.7%
5
PRAAKSH DHAUGARY
IND
3412.4%
6
BHAKHIRDU
IND
1320.9%
7
ATMA RAM
IND
650.5%
8
GURPAL SINGH
IND
460.3%

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.

Average turnout (17th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.2% · min 0.7% · max 23.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
17th of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.94
fewer partiesmore parties
66th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
33rd of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.94EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 46.3%INC 33.3%CPI 10.7%IND 5.7%OTH 4.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
5,21,173
Density
338 / km²
Sex ratio
976 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,540 km²
SC population22.2%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.1%Other 7.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water85.6%
Electricity96.6%
Sanitation60.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.7%
Children fully vaccinated75.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.7%
Children underweight (under 5)25.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate92.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.6%
Clean cooking fuel46.2%
Health insurance22.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Light Engineering Industry

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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