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44. Palampur

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

HP-PALAMPUR

INC 50.9%won by 11.2%BJP 39.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 38.9% to 50.9% of the vote here (+12.0%).

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
23,027
Margin
2,585
11.23%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BRIJ BEHARI LALIndian National Congress · INC11,72250.9%
  2. 2SARWAN KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,13739.7%
  3. 3GULBIR SINGHIndependent · IND1,0274.5%
  4. 4KARAM CHANDCommunist Party of India · CPI7703.3%
  5. 5JAGIR CHANDIndependent · IND2671.2%
  6. 6KULDIP GAUTAMIndependent · IND1040.5%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+19.0%
INC share
38.9% → 50.9%
BJP share
46.7% → 39.7%
Turnout
— → —
43. Baijnath45. Sulah
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