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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 23 · 1982Reserved (SC)

Geharwin

Winner — 1982

GANU RAM
BJP· BJP
BJP 36.5%IND 33.7%3 others 29.8%
Votes
7,477
36.5% share
Winning margin
576
2.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
67.7%
of 30,251

A closely fought contest. GANU RAM won with a 2.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GANU RAM
BJP
7,47736.5%
2
RIKHI RAM KAUNDAL
IND
6,90133.7%
3
NIKU RAM
Congress (I)
5,07424.8%
4
RAM PRAKASH
IND
7373.6%
5
BANTA RAM
Janata
2861.4%

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 (23rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 2.5% · max 54.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
23rd of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
11th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
47th of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 36.5%IND 33.7%INC 24.8%OTH 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A sparsely populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
4,37,903
Density
80 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,503 km²
SC population28.0%
ST population3.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 94.9%Other 5.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water92.0%
Electricity95.6%
Sanitation58.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.9%
Children underweight (under 5)25.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.8%
Women literate87.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.7%
Clean cooking fuel65.0%
Health insurance26.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Shawl-Kullu

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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