Constituency
48. Dharamsala
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
HP-DHARAMSALA
JNP 58.2%won by 19.9%INC 38.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 19.9%.
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 58.2% of the vote here (+58.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 57.4% — 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
14,740
Margin
2,927
19.86%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1BRIJ LALJanata Party · JNP8,57658.2%
- 2CHANDER VERKARIndian National Congress · INC5,64938.3%
- 3SITAL RAMIndependent · IND3462.3%
- 4MADAN LALIndependent · IND1170.8%
- 5BASANT KUMARIndependent · IND520.4%
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–INC swing
- +49.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 58.2%
- INC share
- 29.7% → 38.3%
- Turnout
- — → —