Election
Constituency

61. Chachiot

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

HP-CHACHIOT

INC 65.7%won by 38.7%IND 27.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.4% to 38.7%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
14,276
Margin
5,521
38.67%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KARAM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,37465.7%
  2. 2MOTI RAMIndependent · IND3,85327.0%
  3. 3JAI CHANDIndependent · IND1,0497.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
+28.3%
INC share
55.2% 65.7%
IND share
44.8% 27.0%
Turnout