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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 45 · 1951

Dharamsala

Winner — 1951

HARI RAM
INC 70.6%CPI 22.4%2 others 7.1%
Votes
18,979
70.5% share
Winning margin
12,960
48.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
47.9%
of 56,147

Dharamsala is a safe seat — HARI RAM won by 48.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARI RAM
18,97970.5%
2
TULSI RAM
6,01922.4%
3
SALAG RAM
IND
9913.7%
4
SOHAN SINGH
IND
9123.4%

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 (77th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
48.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.8% · min 1.1% · max 48.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
77th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.80
fewer partiesmore parties
1st of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
24th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.80EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 70.5%CPI 22.4%OTH 7.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,86,625
Density
469 / km²
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,386 km²
SC population35.1%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.1%Sikh 33.9%Other 3.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water53.8%
Electricity97.0%
Sanitation63.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.3%
Children fully vaccinated92.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.3%
Children underweight (under 5)12.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.1%
Women literate91.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.7%
Clean cooking fuel77.3%
Health insurance27.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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