Constituency
51. Banikhet
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
HP-BANIKHET
JNP 66.8%won by 38.1%INC 28.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 38.1%.
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 66.8% of the vote here (+66.8%).
- Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
19,813
Margin
7,554
38.13%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1GIAN CHANDJanata Party · JNP13,23566.8%
- 2DES RAJIndian National Congress · INC5,68128.7%
- 3PRITHVI RAJIndependent · IND5322.7%
- 4MOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND3651.8%
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
- +113.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 66.8%
- INC share
- 75.4% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- — → —