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Punjab · Assembly Constituency 4 · 1957
Kangra
Winner — 1957
AMAR NATH
INC· INC
INC 51.9%IND 24.6%1 others 23.5%
Votes
15,352
51.9% share
Winning margin
8,085
27.3% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
47.2%
of 62,653
Kangra is a safe seat — AMAR NATH won by 27.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total
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 (62nd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe27.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 1.0% · max 50.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
62nd of 117How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.66
fewer partiesmore parties
21st of 117How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
90th of 117Where does the house stand?
SEAT
154 seats · 78 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.9%IND 24.6%CPI 23.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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.