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Banikhet

Name: Banikhet
Address: IN

Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election 1982

40,711

Electors

25,376

Votes polled

62.33%

Turnout

6,509

Margin

Winner

Des Raj Mahajan

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Des Raj Mahajan Won Male	INC	12,663	49.90%
2	Daulat Ram Male	CPI	6,154	24.25%
3	Gian Chand Male	BJP	5,183	20.42%
4	Gandhrv Singh Male	JnP	683	2.69%
5	Bhagat Ram Male	IND	387	1.53%
6	Pritam Singh Male	LKD	240	0.95%
7	Babu Permender Mahajan Male	IND	66	0.26%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2007	Renu Chadha Female BJP	48.90%	Asha Kumari Female INC	45.33%
2003	Asha Kumari Female INC	47.24%	Renu Chadha Female BJP	45.57%
1998	Asha Kumari Female INC	49.09%	Renu Chadha Female BJP	48.17%
1993	Asha Kumari Female INC	48.50%	Gandharv Singh Male BJP	34.76%
1990	Gandharv Singh Male BJP	38.51%	Asha Kumari Female INC	33.69%
1985	Asha Kumari Female INC	50.35%	Daulat Ram Nirdoshi Male CPI	20.45%
1982	Des Raj Mahajan Male INC	49.90%	Daulat Ram Male CPI	24.25%
1977	Gian Chand Male JnP	66.80%	Des Raj Male INC	28.67%
1972	Des Raj Male INC	75.39%	Jagdish Mitter Male IND	17.37%
1967	D.Raj Male INC	53.34%	G.Chand Male BJS	41.90%