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57. Kulu

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

HP-KULU

INC 51.1%won by 23.4%BJS 27.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.4% to 23.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.8% of the vote between them, up from 65.5% — a tighter two-way 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
17,847
Margin
4,170
23.37%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1LAL CHAND PRARTHIIndian National Congress · INC9,11651.1%
  2. 2KUNJ LALBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,94627.7%
  3. 3NAWAL THAKURIndependent · IND1,6699.4%
  4. 4DURGA DASSLok Raksha Party · LRP1,2236.9%
  5. 5KEWAL RAMIndependent · IND6613.7%
  6. 6AMAR CHANDIndependent · IND2321.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−10.2%
INC share
45.5% → 51.1%
BJS share
11.9% → 27.7%
Turnout
— → —
56. Lahaul Spiti58. Inner Seraj
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