Constituency
49. Kangra
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
HP-KANGRA
BJP 52.4%won by 10.3%INC 42.1%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.2% to 10.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
25,650
Margin
2,643
10.30%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1VIDYA SAGARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,44352.4%
- 2PUSHPA CHAUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC10,80042.1%
- 3HIMAL CHANDCommunist Party of India · CPI1,0043.9%
- 4SWAMI SHANTA NANDIndependent · IND2140.8%
- 5YOG RAJIndependent · IND990.4%
- 6CHANDU LAL AZADIndependent · IND900.4%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −20.9%
- BJP share
- 61.1% → 52.4%
- INC share
- 29.9% → 42.1%
- Turnout
- — → —