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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 42 · 2009 by-elections

Kapkot

Winner — 2009 by-elections

Sher Singh
BJP 45.7%NCP 22.0%6 others 32.4%
Votes
13,823
45.6% share
Winning margin
7,167
23.7% of votes
Total candidates
8

Kapkot is a safe seat — Sher Singh won by 23.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Sher Singh
13,82345.6%
2
Kunti parihar
6,65622.0%
3
Chamu S. Gas.
6,41321.2%
4
Harish Chandra
UK
1,2474.1%
5
Kundan Singh
IND
6832.3%
6
Umesh Rathaur
5901.9%
7
Ramesh Chandra
IND
5701.9%
8
Kishan Ram
IND
2971.0%

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 (40th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
23.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 2.0% · max 27.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
40th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
52nd of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
46th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.6%NCP 22.0%INC 21.2%OTH 11.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
4,83,439
Density
68 / km²
Sex ratio
1020 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,090 km²
SC population24.9%
ST population4.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
98%HINDU
Hindu 98.3%Other 1.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water79.7%
Electricity85.5%
Sanitation55.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births84.9%
Children fully vaccinated96.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.6%
Children underweight (under 5)20.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.5%
Women literate87.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.2%
Clean cooking fuel45.9%
Health insurance72.8%

What's nearby?

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