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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 21 · 1982

Bilaspur

Winner — 1982

SADA RAM THAKUR
BJP· BJP
BJP 50.1%INC 42.9%8 others 7.0%
Votes
10,445
50.1% share
Winning margin
1,488
7.1% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
70.2%
of 29,704

A clear win with a 7.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SADA RAM THAKUR
BJP
10,44550.1%
2
PARTAP SINGH
Congress (I)
8,95742.9%
3
AMAR SINGH MARATHA
IND
4822.3%
4
KRISHAN LAL
Janata
3501.7%
5
DURGA SINGH
IND
1690.8%
6
GAJAN SINGH
IND
1670.8%
7
KARAM DEV CHATAK
Lok Dal
1290.6%
8
INDER DEV
IND
810.4%
9
CHANDER SHEKHER
IND
430.2%
10
NAWAZ MOHAMMAD
IND
400.2%

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.

Average turnout (43rd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 1.6% · max 37.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
43rd of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
60th of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 50.1%INC 42.9%OTH 7.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Processing of Seabuckthorn (Charma)
Buddhist Monastery

Buddhist Monastery

🏛️MonumentASI

Buddhist Monastery

Mirkula Devi Temple

Mirkula Devi Temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Mirkula Devi Temple

Phoo Gumpha

Phoo Gumpha

🏛️MonumentASI

Phoo Gumpha

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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