Constituency
5. Chopal
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
HP-CHOPAL
INC 71.2%won by 43.8%IND 27.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.2% to 43.8%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Independent (IND).
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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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Valid votes
22,797
Margin
9,992
43.83%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1YOGINDRA CHANDIndian National Congress · INC16,22171.2%
- 2KEWAL RAM CHAUHANIndependent · IND6,22927.3%
- 3BHOPINDER SINGHIndependent · IND2711.2%
- 4KIRPA RAM THAKUR CHOPALIIndependent · IND760.3%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −11.3%
- INC share
- 57.9% → 71.2%
- IND share
- 2.8% → 27.3%
- Turnout
- — → —