Constituency
21. Bilaspur
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
HP-BILASPUR
IND 54.4%won by 8.8%JNP 45.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 8.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 7.0% to 54.4% of the vote here (+47.4%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 45.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 72.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
16,219
Margin
1,423
8.77%
Candidates
2 contested · winner IND- 1ANAND CHANDIndependent · IND8,82154.4%
- 2SANT RAM SANTJanata Party · JNP7,39845.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–JNP swing
- +1.8%
- IND share
- 7.0% → 54.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 45.6%
- Turnout
- — → —