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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 68 · 1985

Mandi

Winner — 1985

DURGA DUTT
INC· INC
INC 50.9%BJP 45.6%4 others 3.5%
Votes
12,166
50.9% share
Winning margin
1,282
5.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
69.7%
of 34,303

A clear win with a 5.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DURGA DUTT
INC
12,16650.9%
2
KANHYA LAL
BJP
10,88445.5%
3
AMAR CHAND
Left
3951.6%
4
BHAGAT SINGH
IND
2160.9%
5
CHANDER MANI SHARMA
IND
2130.9%
6
PRITHVI RAJ SHARMA
IND
190.1%

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 (49th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.4% · min 0.3% · max 47.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
49th of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.81
fewer partiesmore parties
15th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
44th of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.9%BJP 45.5%OTH 3.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
84,121
Density
13 / km²
Sex ratio
819 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,401 km²
SC population17.5%
ST population58.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.0%Buddhist 21.5%Other 1.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water92.1%
Electricity91.5%
Sanitation69.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births82.7%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.2%
Children underweight (under 5)18.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.7%
Women literate89.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.9%
Clean cooking fuel70.4%
Health insurance35.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Oil-Himachali Chulli

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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