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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2003

Bilaspur

Assembly constituency 21 (GEN) · Himachal Pradesh

State boardHimachal Pradesh 2003

[01]Result · 2003

#21 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants5
Electors57,958
Votes polled44,920
Turnout77.5%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerTilak RajIndian National Congress22,86850.9% of votes
MARGIN2,726 votes · 6.1 pp22,868 − 20,142
Runner-upJagat Prakash Nadda Bharatiya Janata Party20,14244.8% of votes
INC 53.2% of top-two votesBJP 46.8%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 Tilak RajINC22,868 50.9%
  2. 02 Jagat Prakash NaddaBJP20,142 44.8%
  3. 03 Baldev Singh ThakurHVC1,167 2.6%
  4. 04 Naresh Kumar PanditIND434 1.0%
  5. 05 Dharam SinghLJP308 0.7%

Turnout 77.5%

025507510077.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 74.9%
Male 29,38150.7% Female 28,57749.3%

Share of 57,958 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males973
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 68 seats, 200374.9%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 44,919Residual 1

Seat history 2022–1967

  1. 2022
    8.6 pp
    Ravi ThakurIndian National Congress
  2. 2017
    8.7 pp
    Dr. Ram Lal MarkandaBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2012
    21.9 pp
    Ravi ThakurIndian National Congress
  4. 2007
    23.5 pp
    Jagat Prakash NaddaBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2003
    6.1 pp
    Tilak RajIndian National Congress
  6. 1998
    21.0 pp
    Jagat Prakash NaddaBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1993
    6.6 pp
    Jagat Prakash NaddaBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1990
    25.8 pp
    Sadaram ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
  9. 1985
    1.6 pp
    Babu Ram GautamIndian National Congress
  10. 1982
    7.0 pp
    Sada Ram ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
  11. 1977
    8.7 pp
    Anand ChandIndependent
  12. 1972
    27.2 pp
    Kishori LalIndian National Congress
  13. 1967
    1.9 pp
    D.SinghBharatiya Jana Sangh

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 27.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 95.7% of votes; the other 3 candidates 4.2% between them.

    (22,868 + 20,142) ÷ 44,920 = 95.7% · 1,909 ÷ 44,920 = 4.2%

  2. Turnout of 77.5% was 2.6 pp above the state's median seat (74.9%).

    77.5 − 74.9 = +2.6

  3. The margin narrowed from 21.0 pp in 1998 to 6.1 pp.

    6.1 − 21.0 = −14.9 pp

  4. Jagat Prakash Nadda, the 1998 winner, finished second in 2003.

    1998 winner name = 2003 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines44,919
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled44,920
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2003 · Himachal Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates5 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 68 seats on the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2003 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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