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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 44 · 1990
Palampur
Winner — 1990
SHANTA KUMAR
BJP· BJP
BJP 58.4%INC 39.1%7 others 2.6%
Votes
18,012
58.4% share
Winning margin
5,962
19.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
68.0%
of 45,360
Palampur is a safe seat — SHANTA KUMAR won by 19.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHANTA KUMAR | BJP | 18,012 | 58.4% |
| 2 | BRIJ BIHARI LAL | INC | 12,050 | 39.1% |
| 3 | JAGIR CHAND KATOCH | IND | 288 | 0.9% |
| 4 | JAGDISH CHAND | 234 | 0.8% | |
| 5 | ONKAR SINGH | IND | 86 | 0.3% |
| 6 | SITA RAM | 70 | 0.2% | |
| 7 | KUSHAL KUMAR RANA | IND | 44 | 0.1% |
| 8 | YOG RAJ SONI | IND | 43 | 0.1% |
| 9 | CHARAN DEV SINGH | IND | 23 | 0.1% |
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 (21st), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean19.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.6% · min 2.1% · max 19.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
78%
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21st of 68How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 68How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
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62nd of 68Where does the house stand?
SEAT
67 seats · 34 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 58.4%INC 39.1%OTH 2.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
5,21,173
Density
338 / km²
Sex ratio
976 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,540 km²
SC population22.2%
ST population1.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.1%Other 7.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water85.6%
Electricity96.6%
Sanitation60.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.7%
Children fully vaccinated75.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.7%
Children underweight (under 5)25.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate92.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.6%
Clean cooking fuel46.2%
Health insurance22.6%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Light Engineering Industry
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.