Constituency
51. Banikhet
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
HP-BANIKHET
INC 50.3%won by 29.9%CPI 20.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.7% to 29.9%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
25,605
Margin
7,655
29.90%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1ASHA KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC12,89150.3%
- 2DAULAT RAM NIRDOSHICommunist Party of India · CPI5,23620.4%
- 3BIMLA MAHAJANIndependent · IND3,80814.9%
- 4GANDHARV SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,67014.3%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- +4.2%
- INC share
- 49.9% → 50.3%
- CPI share
- 24.3% → 20.4%
- Turnout
- — → —