Constituency
16. Paonta
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
HP-PAONTA
INC 73.7%won by 47.5%BJS 26.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.6% to 47.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1951 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 26.3% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
15,732
Margin
7,470
47.48%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1G.S.CHAUHANIndian National Congress · INC11,60173.7%
- 2V.SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,13126.3%
Since 1951
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1951 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −14.8%
- INC share
- 62.3% → 73.7%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 26.3%
- Turnout
- — → —