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Constituency

50. Bhattiyat

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1982

HP-BHATTIYAT

INC 56.9%won by 17.5%BJP 39.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 56.9% of the vote here (+56.9%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 39.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.3% of the vote between them, up from 89.2% — 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
18,971
Margin
3,316
17.48%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHIV KUMARIndian National Congress · INC10,79656.9%
  2. 2AMAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,48039.4%
  3. 3JAGDISHLKD · LKD6953.7%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJP swing
+17.5%
INC share
0.0% 56.9%
BJP share
0.0% 39.4%
Turnout