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Constituency

21. Bilaspur

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977

HP-BILASPUR

IND 54.4%won by 8.8%JNP 45.6%

What changed here

Derived

The 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
16,219
Margin
1,423
8.77%

Candidates

2 contested · winner IND
  1. 1ANAND CHANDIndependent · IND8,82154.4%
  2. 2SANT RAM SANTJanata Party · JNP7,39845.6%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
INDJNP swing
+1.8%
IND share
7.0% 54.4%
JNP share
0.0% 45.6%
Turnout