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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 42 · 2024 by-elections
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Winner — 2024 by-elections
RAKESH KALIA
INC 55.7%BJP 42.5%3 others 1.8%
Votes
35,768
55.7% share
Winning margin
8,487
13.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
A clear win with a 13.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAKESH KALIA | 35,768 | 55.7% | |
| 2 | CHAITANYA SHARMA | 27,281 | 42.5% | |
| 3 | AMIT VASHISHT | IND | 570 | 0.9% |
| 4 | ASHOK SONKHALA (MIKKI) | IND | 323 | 0.5% |
| 5 | MANOHAR LAL SHARMA | IND | 288 | 0.5% |
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.
Average turnout (17th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean13.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.2% · min 0.7% · max 23.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
79%
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17th of 68How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.94
fewer partiesmore parties
66th of 68How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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33rd of 68Where does the house stand?
SEAT
9 seats · 5 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.94EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.7%BJP 42.5%OTH 1.8%
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.