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16. Rainka

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

HP-RAINKA

INC 66.3%won by 36.2%BJP 30.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.3% to 36.2%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
31,049
Margin
11,238
36.19%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PREM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC20,59066.3%
  2. 2ROOP SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,35230.1%
  3. 3CHANDER SAINHVC · HVC6322.0%
  4. 4GORKHU RAMJanata Dal · JD4751.5%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+22.9%
INC share
55.5% → 66.3%
BJP share
42.2% → 30.1%
Turnout
— → —
15. Pachhad17. Shillai
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