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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 15 · 1982Reserved (SC)

Pachhad

Winner — 1982

GANGU RAM
IND
IND 47.7%BJP 25.0%2 others 27.3%
Votes
9,805
47.7% share
Winning margin
4,662
22.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
65.4%
of 31,407

Pachhad is a safe seat — GANGU RAM won by 22.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GANGU RAM
IND
9,80547.7%
2
UCHHBU RAM
BJP
5,14325.0%
3
SADA NAND
Congress (I)
4,97324.2%
4
ARJUN SINGH
Janata
6313.1%

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 (24th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
22.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 28.6% · min 1.6% · max 77.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
24th of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.01
fewer partiesmore parties
65th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
37th of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 47.7%BJP 25.0%INC 24.2%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Kangra PaintingsGI🏷️Kangra TeaGI
Rock Inscriptions, Pathiar

Rock Inscriptions, Pathiar

🏛️MonumentASI

Rock Inscriptions

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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