Constituency
35. Gangath
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
HP-GANGATH
JNP 53.1%won by 12.1%CPI 40.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 12.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 53.1% of the vote here (+53.1%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 40.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.0% of the vote between them, up from 88.8% — 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
17,749
Margin
2,155
12.14%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1DURGA DASSJanata Party · JNP9,41653.1%
- 2SHANKAR SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI7,26140.9%
- 3BANSI LALIndependent · IND5933.3%
- 4BIHARI LALIndependent · IND2321.3%
- 5SANT RAMIndependent · IND1360.8%
- 6CHARAN DASS SOTREEIndependent · IND1110.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPI swing
- +12.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 53.1%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 40.9%
- Turnout
- — → —