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64. Gopalpur

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1982

HP-GOPALPUR

INC 69.3%won by 41.6%BJP 27.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 50.8% to 41.6%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.1% of the vote between them, up from 81.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
25,692
Margin
10,682
41.58%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RANGILA RAMIndian National Congress · INC17,81269.3%
  2. 2LILA DEVI SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,13027.8%
  3. 3PUNYAIndependent · IND2981.2%
  4. 4HARI SINGHIndependent · IND2400.9%
  5. 5RAJINDER SINGHLKD · LKD1170.5%
  6. 6JAI CHANDJanata Party · JNP950.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−24.3%
INC share
65.9% → 69.3%
BJP share
0.0% → 27.8%
Turnout
— → —
63. Balh65. Dharampur
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