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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 16 · 1998Reserved (SC)
Rainka
Winner — 1998
PREM SINGH
INC· INC
INC 66.3%BJP 30.1%2 others 3.6%
Votes
20,590
66.3% share
Winning margin
11,238
36.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
71.7%
of 43,280
Rainka is a safe seat — PREM SINGH won by 36.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PREM SINGH | INC | 20,590 | 66.3% |
| 2 | ROOP SINGH | NDA | 9,352 | 30.1% |
| 3 | CHANDER SAIN | HVC | 632 | 2.0% |
| 4 | GORKHU RAM | 475 | 1.5% |
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 (32nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe36.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 30.2% · min 1.1% · max 86.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
32nd of 68How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.58
fewer partiesmore parties
23rd of 68How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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20th of 68Where does the house stand?
SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.58EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 66.3%BJP 30.1%OTH 3.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · 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.