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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 44 · 2019 by-elections

Pithoragarh

Winner — 2019 by-elections

Chandra Pant
BJP 52.4%INC 45.9%1 others 1.7%
Votes
26,086
52.4% share
Winning margin
3,267
6.6% of votes
Total candidates
3

A clear win with a 6.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Chandra Pant
26,08652.4%
2
Anju Lunthi
22,81945.9%
3
Manoj Kumar Bhatt
8351.7%

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 (43rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.4% · min 4.0% · max 23.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
43rd of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
29th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
40th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 52.4%INC 45.9%OTH 1.7%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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