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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1985

Banikhet

Assembly constituency 51 (GEN) · Himachal Pradesh

State boardHimachal Pradesh 1985

[01]Result · 1985

#51 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants4
Electors42,561
Votes polled25,773
Turnout60.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAsha KumariIndian National Congress12,89150.4% of votes
MARGIN7,655 votes · 29.7 pp12,891 − 5,236
Runner-upDaulat Ram Nirdoshi Communist Party of India5,23620.5% of votes
INC 71.1% of top-two votesCPI 28.9%

All candidates 4

  1. 01 Asha KumariINC12,891 50.4%
  2. 02 Daulat Ram NirdoshiCPI5,236 20.5%
  3. 03 Bimla MahajanIND3,808 14.9%
  4. 04 Gandharv SinghBJP3,670 14.3%

Turnout 60.6%

025507510060.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 70.5%
Male 22,54453.0% Female 20,01747.0%

Share of 42,561 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males888
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 68 seats, 198570.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 4 candidates = 25,605Residual 168

Seat history 2024–1967

  1. 2024
    Margin not recorded
    Hardeep Singh BawaIndian National Congress
  2. 2022
    17.8 pp
    K. L. ThakurIndependent
  3. 2017
    1.8 pp
    Lakhvinder Singh RanaIndian National Congress
  4. 2012
    14.7 pp
    Krishan Lal ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2007
    3.6 pp
    Renu ChadhaBharatiya Janata Party
  6. 2003
    1.7 pp
    Asha KumariIndian National Congress
  7. 1998
    0.9 pp
    Asha KumariIndian National Congress
  8. 1993
    13.6 pp
    Asha KumariIndian National Congress
  9. 1990
    4.8 pp
    Gandharv SinghBharatiya Janata Party
  10. 1985
    29.7 pp
    Asha KumariIndian National Congress
  11. 1982
    25.4 pp
    Des Raj MahajanIndian National Congress
  12. 1977
    37.7 pp
    Gian ChandJanata Party
  13. 1972
    11.8 pp
    PadmaIndian National Congress
  14. 1967
    1.0 pp
    D.RamIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 37.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 70.3% of votes; the other 2 candidates 29.0% between them.

    (12,891 + 5,236) ÷ 25,773 = 70.3% · 7,478 ÷ 25,773 = 29.0%

  2. Turnout of 60.6% was 9.9 pp below the state's median seat (70.5%).

    60.6 − 70.5 = −9.9

  3. The margin widened from 25.4 pp in 1982 to 29.7 pp.

    29.7 − 25.4 = +4.3 pp

  4. INC held the seat it won in 1982.

    1982 INC · 1985 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 4 candidate lines25,605
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled25,773
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 168

Candidate votes miss the published total by 168, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1985 · Himachal Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates4 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 68 seats on the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 1985 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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