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51. Banikhet

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1990

HP-BANIKHET

BJP 38.5%won by 4.8%INC 33.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 4.8%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 14.3% to 38.5% of the vote here (+24.2%).
  • Multi-cornered3 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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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
31,062
Margin
1,498
4.82%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1GANDHARV SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,96238.5%
  2. 2ASHA KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC10,46433.7%
  3. 3DAULAT RAM NIRDOSHICommunist Party of India · CPI8,15826.3%
  4. 4JANKI NATHIndependent · IND1650.5%
  5. 5SURINDER SINGHDDP · DDP1200.4%
  6. 6A. W. CHOWAGANIIndependent · IND1020.3%
  7. 7PREM SINGHIndependent · IND910.3%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+40.8%
BJP share
14.3% → 38.5%
INC share
50.3% → 33.7%
Turnout
— → —
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