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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 52 · 2017

Almora

Winner — 2017

RAGHUNATH SINGH CHAUHAN
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 50.9%INC 40.6%10 others 8.5%
Votes
26,464
50.9% share
Winning margin
5,379
10.3% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
58.5%
of 88,878

A clear win with a 10.3% margin.

Seat history

0 of 11 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.30 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAGHUNATH SINGH CHAUHAN
BJP (NDA)
26,46450.9%
2
MANOJ TEWARI
UPA
21,08540.6%
3
DR.SANJAY TAMTA
BSP
1,6543.2%
NOTA
NOTA
6231.2%
5
VIRENDRA KUMAR
IND
5171.0%
6
MOHD HABIB
IND
5141.0%
7
DINESH PANDE
4250.8%
8
BHUWAN CHANDRA JOSHI
IND
2190.4%
9
REKHA DHASMANA
UPP
1570.3%
10
KUNDAN SINGH BISHT
UKKD
1300.3%
11
PRAKASH CHANDRA BHATT
IND
1060.2%
12
JASWANT SINGH
Samajwadi Party
720.1%

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

Average turnout (51st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.2% · min 0.2% · max 23.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
51st of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
34th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
43rd of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 50.9%INC 40.6%OTH 7.3%NOTA 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
0/11

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.30 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,22,506
Density
198 / km²
Sex ratio
1139 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,144 km²
SC population24.3%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
98%HINDU
Hindu 98.2%Other 1.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.5%
Electricity78.9%
Sanitation55.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.1%
Children fully vaccinated85.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.0%
Children underweight (under 5)22.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.4%
Women literate86.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.5%
Clean cooking fuel35.9%
Health insurance66.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bal Mithai

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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