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46. Palampur

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

HP-PALAMPUR

INC 64.4%won by 53.7%IND 10.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.7% to 53.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.1% between them, down from 87.2% — the field split more ways.

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
8,219
Margin
4,416
53.73%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KUNJ BEHARI LALIndian National Congress · INC5,29664.4%
  2. 2BAL SINGH GULERIAIndependent · IND88010.7%
  3. 3BIR SINGHIndependent · IND7779.5%
  4. 4DEVI SINGHIndependent · IND7208.8%
  5. 5THAKUR DASSIndependent · IND5466.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
+9.5%
INC share
47.5% → 64.4%
IND share
3.2% → 10.7%
Turnout
— → —
45. Nagrota47. Sulah
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