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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 47 · 1951

Palampur

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Winner — 1951

KANAYA LAL
INC
INC 52.6%IND 32.3%3 others 15.1%
Votes
12,773
52.6% share
Winning margin
4,926
20.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
55.4%
of 43,902

Palampur is a safe seat — KANAYA LAL won by 20.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KANAYA LAL
INC
12,77352.6%
2
SARWAN KUMAR
IND
7,84732.3%
3
RATTAN NATH
BJS
2,0098.3%
4
HAR DAYAL
IND
1,1614.8%
5
KAMLA DEVI
IND
5092.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (79th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
20.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.4% · max 27.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
79th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.40
fewer partiesmore parties
2nd of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
102nd of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.6%IND 32.3%BJS 8.3%OTH 6.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,12,310
Density
478 / km²
Sex ratio
954 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,282 km²
SC population42.5%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%HINDU
Hindu 65.5%Sikh 31.5%Other 2.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water48.4%
Electricity97.2%
Sanitation70.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated100.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.9%
Children underweight (under 5)11.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.8%
Women literate88.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.4%
Clean cooking fuel76.4%
Health insurance23.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jaggery

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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