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Constituency

53. Chamba

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977

HP-CHAMBA

JNP 60.3%won by 20.6%INC 39.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 20.6%.

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 60.3% of the vote here (+60.3%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 87.4% — 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
18,632
Margin
3,846
20.64%

Candidates

2 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1KISHORI LALJanata Party · JNP11,23960.3%
  2. 2SAGAR CHANDIndian National Congress · INC7,39339.7%

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
JNPINC swing
+63.6%
JNP share
0.0% 60.3%
INC share
42.9% 39.7%
Turnout