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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 8 · 2021 by-elections

Fatehpur

Winner — 2021 by-elections

Bhawani Singh Pathania
INC 43.1%BJP 32.9%3 others 24.0%
Votes
24,449
43.1% share
Winning margin
5,789
10.2% of votes
Total candidates
5

A clear win with a 10.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Bhawani Singh Pathania
24,44943.1%
2
Baldev Thakur
18,66032.9%
3
Dr. Rajan Sushant
IND
12,92722.8%
4
Pankaj Kumar Darshi
Himachal Jan Kranti Party
3750.7%
5
Dr. Ashok Kumar Somal
IND
2950.5%

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.

Low turnout (58th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
10.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 0.5% · max 63.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
58th of 68

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
29th of 68

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
66th of 68

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.1%BJP 32.9%IND 22.8%OTH 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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