Constituency
6. Kumarsain
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998
HP-KUMARSAIN
INC 54.9%won by 27.0%IND 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.6% to 27.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1993.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.9% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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
35,488
Margin
9,575
26.98%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1JAI BIHARI LAL KHACHIIndian National Congress · INC19,49254.9%
- 2GHANSHYAM DASSIndependent · IND9,91727.9%
- 3SANDEEP KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,07917.1%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −39.3%
- INC share
- 66.3% → 54.9%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- — → —