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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 65 · 2002

Lohaghat

Winner — 2002

MAHENDRA SINGH MAHRA (MAHOO BHAI)
INC· INC
INC 22.4%BJP 20.9%11 others 56.8%
Votes
7,648
22.4% share
Winning margin
510
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
51.8%
of 65,980

Lohaghat was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 510 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHENDRA SINGH MAHRA (MAHOO BHAI)
INC
7,64822.4%
2
KRISHAN CHANDRA PUNETHA
NDA
7,13820.9%
3
NAVIN MURARI
UKKD
6,60919.3%
4
PURAN SINGH FARTYAL
BSP
3,43210.0%
5
KAILASH CHANDRA
IND
2,7678.1%
6
HUKAM SINGH KUNWAR
IND
1,8395.4%
7
HAR GOVIND SINGH BOHRA
IND
1,6144.7%
8
SMT ABHA SINGH
IND
8442.5%
9
LALIT LAL VERMA
IND
8072.4%
10
VIPIN PUNETHA
Samajwadi Party
4211.2%
11
BHAGWAN SINGH MAHRA
IND
4011.2%
12
LALIT PRASAD PANDEY
IND
3451.0%
13
GHANSHYAM
IND
3391.0%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

High turnout (11th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.3% · min 1.0% · max 14.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
11th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
62nd of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
50th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 22.4%BJP 20.9%UKKD 19.3%BSP 10.0%IND 8.1%IND 5.4%OTH 13.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,48,902
Density
649 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,542 km²
SC population14.4%
ST population7.5%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
67%HINDU
Hindu 67.0%Muslim 22.6%Sikh 9.9%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water36.8%
Electricity84.9%
Sanitation69.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.1%
Children fully vaccinated83.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.8%
Children underweight (under 5)22.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.0%
Women literate70.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.0%
Health insurance59.0%

What's nearby?

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