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Constituency

45. Sulah

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977

HP-SULAH

JNP 67.5%won by 35.1%CPI 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 35.1%.

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 67.5% of the vote here (+67.5%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 83.2% — 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
17,517
Margin
6,147
35.09%

Candidates

2 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1SHANTA KUMARJanata Party · JNP11,83267.5%
  2. 2BIDHI CHANDCommunist Party of India · CPI5,68532.5%

Since 1972

Derived

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

Winner then
BJS
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPCPI swing
+35.1%
JNP share
0.0% 67.5%
CPI share
0.0% 32.5%
Turnout