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13. Kasauli

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

HP-KASAULI

INC 51.4%won by 15.8%IND 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.6% to 15.8%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.6% — it polled just 0.6% in 1982.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.1% of the vote between them, up from 71.9% — 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
18,496
Margin
2,921
15.79%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAGHU RAJIndian National Congress · INC9,51451.4%
  2. 2CHAMAN LALIndependent · IND6,59335.6%
  3. 3KRIPAL DHARAMPURIJanata Party · JNP1,88010.2%
  4. 4NAURATA RAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3351.8%
  5. 5BELI RAMIndependent · IND1120.6%
  6. 6NAND LALIndependent · IND620.3%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−37.3%
INC share
53.7% → 51.4%
IND share
0.6% → 35.6%
Turnout
— → —
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