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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 5 · 2012

Bhattiyat

Winner — 2012

BIKRAM SINGH JARYAL
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 37.7%INC 37.5%4 others 24.7%
Votes
18,098
37.8% share
Winning margin
111
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
73.5%
of 65,199

Bhattiyat was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 111 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

1 of 6 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.12 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIKRAM SINGH JARYAL
BJP (NDA)
18,09837.8%
2
KULDEEP SINGH PATHANIA
UPA
17,98737.5%
3
BHUPINDER SINGH CHAUHAN
IND
9,87020.6%
4
SUDESH KUMARI
9602.0%
5
SUSHIL KUMAR DHIMAN
IND
5491.1%
6
KALU RAM
BSP
4821.0%

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

Average turnout (50th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.3% · min 0.2% · max 72.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
50th of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
20th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
9th of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
68 seats · 35 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 37.8%INC 37.5%IND 20.6%OTH 4.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
1/6

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.12 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
5,19,080
Density
80 / km²
Sex ratio
986 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,522 km²
SC population21.5%
ST population26.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.4%Muslim 6.3%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water94.6%
Electricity94.2%
Sanitation51.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births72.0%
Children fully vaccinated100.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Children underweight (under 5)26.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.7%
Women literate84.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER3.8%
Clean cooking fuel35.0%
Health insurance26.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Chamba RumalGI

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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