Constituency
68. Mandi
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
HP-MANDI
INC 50.9%won by 5.4%BJP 45.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.6% to 5.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.2% — 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
23,893
Margin
1,282
5.37%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1DURGA DUTTIndian National Congress · INC12,16650.9%
- 2KANHYA LALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,88445.6%
- 3AMAR CHANDCommunist Party of India · CPI3951.7%
- 4BHAGAT SINGHIndependent · IND2160.9%
- 5CHANDER MANI SHARMAIndependent · IND2130.9%
- 6PRITHVI RAJ SHARMAIndependent · IND190.1%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −6.2%
- INC share
- 54.2% → 50.9%
- BJP share
- 42.6% → 45.6%
- Turnout
- — → —