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Banikhet

Name: Banikhet
Address: IN

Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election 2003

70,122

Electors

51,546

Votes polled

73.51%

Turnout

860

Margin

Winner

Asha Kumari

Female

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Asha Kumari Won Female	INC	24,348	47.24%
2	Renu Chadha Female	BJP	23,488	45.57%
3	Rajender Kumar Male	CPI	1,266	2.46%
4	Bias Dev Male	IND	1,021	1.98%
5	Shaukat Ali Male	HVC	644	1.25%
6	Hem Raj Male	SP	475	0.92%
7	Bodh Raj Rana Male	IND	304	0.59%

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%