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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 43 · 2007

Baijnath

Winner — 2007

SUDHIR SHARMA
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 44.4%BJP 37.2%6 others 18.4%
Votes
19,921
44.4% share
Winning margin
3,255
7.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
69.4%
of 64,582

A clear win with a 7.3% margin.

Seat history

2 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.09 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUDHIR SHARMA
INC (UPA)
19,92144.4%
2
DULO RAM
NDA
16,66637.2%
3
SURESH KUMAR
BSP
4,1319.2%
4
DHANI RAM THAKUR
IND
2,8706.4%
5
AKSHAY JASROTIA
IND
6121.4%
6
VYAS DEV MEHRA
IND
4431.0%
7
SURESH RANA
UPA
1050.2%
8
GIAN CHAND THAKUR
NDA
790.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (19th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 1.9% · max 27.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
19th of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
56th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
68th of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.4%BJP 37.2%BSP 9.2%IND 6.4%OTH 2.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.09 Cr

A 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.

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