Election
Constituency

59. Karsog

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1990

HP-KARSOG

BJP 67.1%won by 50.2%INC 16.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.4% to 50.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.0% between them, down from 93.3% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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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not in source
Valid votes
23,627
Margin
11,860
50.20%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1JOGINDER PALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,85567.1%
  2. 2MANSA RAMIndian National Congress · INC3,99516.9%
  3. 3MAST RAMIndependent · IND2,2209.4%
  4. 4PRAKASH CHAND SHASTRIIndependent · IND8123.4%
  5. 5NAND LALCommunist Party of India · CPI4421.9%
  6. 6SANGAT RAMIndependent · IND3031.3%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+34.8%
BJP share
54.4% → 67.1%
INC share
38.9% → 16.9%
Turnout
— → —
58. Ani60. Chachiot
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