Rikhi Ram Kaundal is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Himachal Pradesh. He is a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Kaundal twice served as deputy speaker of the assembly during 1990-92 and 2009-12 . [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Rikhi Ram Kaundal | 22,941 | 48.91% | New | |
INC | Dr. Beeru Ram Kishore | 21,742 | 46.35% | New | |
HLC | Kashmir Singh Jamwal | 791 | 1.69% | New | |
Independent | Vijay Kumar Kaushal | 764 | 1.63% | New | |
BSP | Anup Chand Bhatia | 590 | 1.26% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,199 | 2.56% | |||
Turnout | 46,906 | 69.82% | |||
Registered electors | 67,186 | ||||
BJP win (new seat) |
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