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Constituency

14. Solan

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

HP-SOLAN

INC 33.6%won by 0.1%BJP 33.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.2% to 0.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 30.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.1% between them, down from 96.6% — 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
36,378
Margin
26
0.07%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−32.1%
INC share
64.4% 33.6%
BJP share
32.2% 33.5%
Turnout