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Constituency

18. Paonta Doon

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

HP-PAONTA-DOON

INC 33.5%won by 5.2%BJP 28.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.0% to 5.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.8% between them, down from 85.5% — 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
46,466
Margin
2,420
5.21%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−7.8%
INC share
49.2% 33.5%
BJP share
36.3% 28.3%
Turnout