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Assembly seat no. 58 in Himachal Pradesh · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 3 times since 2012.

OverviewElection History
2022BJP2017BJP2012IND
Winner, 2017
SUKH RAM
BJP
Elections held
3
2012–2022
Most successful party
BJP
won 2 of 3
Margin, 2017
12,619
20.71% of valid votes

Result, 2017

Winner
BJPSUKH RAM
Votes
36,011
Vote share
59.11%
Margin
12,619
Runner-up
INCKIRNESH JUNG
Votes
23,392
Vote share
38.39%
Behind by
12,619
Electors
75,310
Total votes polled
60,925
Valid votes
60,925
NOTA votes
624
1.02% of votes polled
Turnout
80.9%

Full result, 2017

4 candidates · 60,925 valid votes

2017 election →
SUKH RAMBJPwon
36,011
59.1%
KIRNESH JUNGINC
23,392
38.4%
MEENA KUMARILOGAP
484
0.8%
SURENDERIND
414
0.7%

Past results

Most recent 3 of 3 elections

YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
2022Sukh RamBJP31,00846.93%Kirnesh Jung8,596
2017SUKH RAMBJP36,01159.11%KIRNESH JUNG12,619
2012KIRNESH JUNGIND23,71344.04%SUKH RAM790

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%23%46%69%92%201220172022Turnout

Winning margin

0%6%12%17%23%201220172022Margin

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