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Constituency

51. Bhattiyat

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

HP-BHATTIYAT

INC 47.8%won by 11.8%NCO 36.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 28.8% to 47.8% of the vote here (+19.1%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 36.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.9% of the vote between them, up from 64.3% — 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
6,840
Margin
806
11.78%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PADMAIndian National Congress · INC3,27247.8%
  2. 2JAGDISHNCO · NCO2,46636.1%
  3. 3AMAR SINGHIndependent · IND96114.0%
  4. 4DAYA CHANDIndependent · IND1412.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INCNCO swing
−17.0%
INC share
28.8% 47.8%
NCO share
0.0% 36.1%
Turnout