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68. Mandi

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1982

HP-MANDI

INC 54.2%won by 11.6%BJP 42.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.9% to 11.6%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 42.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.8% of the vote between them, up from 87.2% — 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
23,112
Margin
2,672
11.56%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUKH RAMIndian National Congress · INC12,51754.2%
  2. 2KANHAYA LALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,84542.6%
  3. 3SANT RAMIndependent · IND4151.8%
  4. 4KHEM SINGHJanata Party · JNP2891.3%
  5. 5ISHWAR CHANDIndependent · IND460.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−44.0%
INC share
55.6% → 54.2%
BJP share
0.0% → 42.6%
Turnout
— → —
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