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Constituency

59. Outer Seraj

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

HP-OUTER-SERAJ

INC 58.2%won by 31.5%CPI 26.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 88.8% to 31.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 36.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 26.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.0% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
12,018
Margin
3,787
31.51%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−62.9%
INC share
94.4% 58.2%
CPI share
0.0% 26.7%
Turnout