Constituency
26. Mewa
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
HP-MEWA
INC 52.9%won by 22.6%IND 30.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 22.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 26.6% to 52.9% of the vote here (+26.3%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 30.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
13,551
Margin
3,069
22.65%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1DHARAM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC7,17352.9%
- 2RUP SINGH PHULIndependent · IND4,10430.3%
- 3AMAR SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,27416.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −4.0%
- INC share
- 26.6% → 52.9%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 30.3%
- Turnout
- — → —