Constituency
49. Kangra
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
HP-KANGRA
JNP 46.7%won by 10.2%INC 36.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 10.2%.
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 46.7% of the vote here (+46.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.3% between them, down from 90.1% — the field split more ways.
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
18,705
Margin
1,900
10.16%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1PRATAP CHAUDHARYJanata Party · JNP8,73946.7%
- 2SURINDER PAULIndian National Congress · INC6,83936.6%
- 3JAGDISH CHAND PATARWALIndependent · IND1,7979.6%
- 4JAISHI RAMIndependent · IND6743.6%
- 5CHANDER MANIIndependent · IND3601.9%
- 6BHIM SENIndependent · IND1991.1%
- 7SITA RAMIndependent · IND970.5%
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
- +59.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 46.7%
- INC share
- 49.5% → 36.6%
- Turnout
- — → —