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Constituency

29. Kutlehar

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

HP-KUTLEHAR

INC 62.3%won by 24.7%LRP 37.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 24.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 28.1% to 62.3% of the vote here (+34.2%).
  • New challengerLok Raksha Party (LRP) finished second with 37.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
17,243
Margin
4,257
24.69%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SARLA SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC10,75062.3%
  2. 2RANJIT SINGHLok Raksha Party · LRP6,49337.7%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCLRP swing
−3.4%
INC share
28.1% 62.3%
LRP share
0.0% 37.7%
Turnout