Constituency
53. Chamba
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
HP-CHAMBA
JNP 60.3%won by 20.6%INC 39.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
18,632
Margin
3,846
20.64%
Candidates
2 contested · winner JNP- 1KISHORI LALJanata Party · JNP11,23960.3%
- 2SAGAR CHANDIndian National Congress · INC7,39339.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +63.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 60.3%
- INC share
- 42.9% → 39.7%
- Turnout
- — → —