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23. Geharwin

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

HP-GEHARWIN

BJP 54.1%won by 11.4%INC 42.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.8% to 11.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.8% of the vote between them, up from 70.2% — 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
23,076
Margin
2,621
11.36%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RIKHI RAM KONDALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,47754.1%
  2. 2BIRU RAM KISHOREIndian National Congress · INC9,85642.7%
  3. 3BACHITTAR SINGHIndependent · IND4992.2%
  4. 4SHANKARI DEVI KUTWALIndependent · IND2030.9%
  5. 5GHUTARU RAMIndependent · IND410.2%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−0.4%
BJP share
36.5% → 54.1%
INC share
24.8% → 42.7%
Turnout
— → —
22. Ghumarwin24. Nadaun
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