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Constituency

47. Chamba

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967

HP-CHAMBA

BJS 69.1%won by 40.1%INC 28.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 40.1%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1951 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • BJS vote shareBJS went from 24.0% to 69.1% of the vote here (+45.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 85.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
11,265
Margin
4,522
40.14%

Candidates

3 contested · winner BJS
  1. 1K.LALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7,78369.1%
  2. 2K.CHANDIndian National Congress · INC3,26128.9%
  3. 3N.LALIndependent · IND2212.0%

Since 1951

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1951 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJSflipped
BJSINC swing
+77.2%
BJS share
24.0% 69.1%
INC share
61.1% 28.9%
Turnout