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Constituency

51. Banikhet

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1982

HP-BANIKHET

INC 49.9%won by 25.7%CPI 24.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 25.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 28.7% to 49.9% of the vote here (+21.2%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 24.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.2% between them, down from 95.5% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
25,376
Margin
6,509
25.65%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPI swing
−3.0%
INC share
28.7% 49.9%
CPI share
0.0% 24.3%
Turnout