Constituency
50. Bhattiyat
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
HP-BHATTIYAT
INC 47.8%won by 9.0%IND 38.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.5% to 9.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 38.9% — it did not contest here in 1982.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.7% between them, down from 96.3% — the field split more ways.
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
21,690
Margin
1,944
8.96%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1KULDIP SINGH PATHANIAIndian National Congress · INC10,37447.8%
- 2SHIV KUMARIndependent · IND8,43038.9%
- 3AMAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,85313.2%
- 4SURINDER SINGHIndependent · IND330.2%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −47.9%
- INC share
- 56.9% → 47.8%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 38.9%
- Turnout
- — → —