Constituency
68. Mandi
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
HP-MANDI
INC 55.6%won by 23.9%JNP 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.7% to 23.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.2% between them, down from 95.4% — 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
21,861
Margin
5,233
23.94%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SUKH RAMIndian National Congress · INC12,15055.6%
- 2LILA DEVIJanata Party · JNP6,91731.6%
- 3AMAR CHANDIndependent · IND2,33110.7%
- 4VISHWA NATHIndependent · IND4632.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −31.6%
- INC share
- 55.6% → 55.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- — → —