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Constituency

48. Dharamsala

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

HP-DHARAMSALA

INC 48.9%won by 5.0%BJP 44.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 33.9% to 48.9% of the vote here (+15.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.9% of the vote between them, up from 80.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
21,787
Margin
1,083
4.97%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCBJP swing
+17.3%
INC share
33.9% 48.9%
BJP share
46.3% 44.0%
Turnout