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Constituency

10. Arki

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

HP-ARKI

INC 42.0%won by 1.7%BJP 40.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.9% to 1.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.2% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
34,147
Margin
578
1.69%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−18.2%
INC share
59.2% 42.0%
BJP share
39.4% 40.3%
Turnout