Constituency
53. Rajnagar
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
HP-RAJNAGAR
INC 81.2%won by 65.8%BJS 15.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.4% to 65.8%.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 15.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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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Valid votes
10,521
Margin
6,924
65.81%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1VIDHYA DHARIndian National Congress · INC8,54581.2%
- 2AMAR NATHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,62115.4%
- 3CHUNI LALNCO · NCO3553.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +4.1%
- INC share
- 61.7% → 81.2%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 15.4%
- Turnout
- — → —