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14. Kandaghat

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

HP-KANDAGHAT

INC 61.9%won by 41.8%CPI 20.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.1% to 41.8%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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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not in source
Valid votes
9,639
Margin
4,033
41.84%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHAGWAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC5,96361.9%
  2. 2ANOKHI RAM BETABCommunist Party of India · CPI1,93020.0%
  3. 3TULSI RAMIndependent · IND6556.8%
  4. 4SHONK RAMIndependent · IND5856.1%
  5. 5KESHAV RAMNCO · NCO2382.5%
  6. 6NATHU RAMIndependent · IND1882.0%
  7. 7CHARAN SINGHIndependent · IND800.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+18.8%
INC share
51.8% → 61.9%
CPI share
28.7% → 20.0%
Turnout
— → —
13. Simla15. Pachhad
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