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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1985

Nahan

Winner — 1985

AJAY BAHADUR SINGH
INC· INC
INC 53.8%JNP 46.2%
Votes
12,864
53.8% share
Winning margin
1,799
7.5% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
75.3%
of 31,770

A clear win with a 7.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJAY BAHADUR SINGH
INC
12,86453.8%
2
SHYAMA SHARMA
Janata
11,06546.2%

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 (48th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.9% · min 1.6% · max 51.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
48th of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
55th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
25th of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.8%JNP 46.2%

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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