Constituency
43. Baijnath
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
HP-BAIJNATH
INC 53.6%won by 11.8%JNP 41.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 60.8% to 11.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 41.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
17,174
Margin
2,025
11.79%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SANT RAMIndian National Congress · INC9,20053.6%
- 2OM PRAKASH KAUDAJanata Party · JNP7,17541.8%
- 3BHIM SAINIndependent · IND4552.6%
- 4RAM RUTHIndependent · IND3442.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −64.8%
- INC share
- 76.5% → 53.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.8%
- Turnout
- — → —