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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 14 · 1982

Solan

Winner — 1982

RAMA NAND
BJP· BJP
BJP 30.0%IND 16.5%15 others 53.6%
Votes
6,253
30.0% share
Winning margin
2,816
13.5% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
65.1%
of 32,073

A clear win with a 13.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMA NAND
BJP
6,25330.0%
2
GURU DUTT
IND
3,43716.5%
3
KUL RAKESH
Janata
3,41816.4%
4
HARBANS LAL SHARMA
IND
1,5087.2%
5
DAYAL DUTT
IND
1,4907.1%
6
RAM KRISHAN
IND
1,4837.1%
7
GOKAL CHAND MEHTA
IND
1,0775.2%
8
GAURI SHANKAR
IND
5732.8%
9
RAJINDER KUMAR GARG
IND
5042.4%
10
KESHAV VERMA
Left
3151.5%
11
KISHORI LAL HANS
IND
2261.1%
12
I. D. KAUSHEESH
IND
1880.9%
13
JAI KISHAN
IND
1090.5%
14
J. S. GREWAL
IND
850.4%
15
O. P. THAKUR
IND
790.4%
16
RAJINDER KUMAR SOOD
IND
780.4%
17
RAM BHAJ BANSAL
IND
490.2%

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 (60th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
13.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.4% · min 0.1% · max 60.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
60th of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.54
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
42nd of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 30.0%IND 16.5%JNP 16.4%IND 7.2%IND 7.1%IND 7.1%OTH 15.7%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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