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Constituency

50. Bhattiyat

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

HP-BHATTIYAT

INC 47.8%won by 9.0%IND 38.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
21,690
Margin
1,944
8.96%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−47.9%
INC share
56.9% 47.8%
IND share
0.0% 38.9%
Turnout