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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 3 · 1957

Dharamsala

Winner — 1957

HARI RAM
INC· INC
INC 65.5%IND 34.5%
Votes
16,505
65.5% share
Winning margin
7,808
31.0% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
49.8%
of 50,647

Dharamsala is a safe seat — HARI RAM won by 31.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARI RAM
16,50565.5%
2
DALIP SINGH
IND
8,69734.5%

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 (50th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
31.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 1.6% · max 72.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
50th of 117

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.14
fewer partiesmore parties
70th of 117

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
86th of 117

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 65.5%IND 34.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,98,323
Density
647 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,551 km²
SC population25.3%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
47%HINDU
Hindu 46.7%Sikh 43.6%Christian 7.7%Other 1.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.0%
Electricity95.4%
Sanitation60.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.4%
Children fully vaccinated80.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.1%
Children underweight (under 5)15.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.2%
Women literate82.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.5%
Clean cooking fuel81.3%
Health insurance23.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Foundry Cluster🏺Jaggery🏺Litchi

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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