Constituency
19. Nahan
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998
HP-NAHAN
INC 42.2%won by 8.5%BJP 33.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.9% to 8.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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
35,099
Margin
2,990
8.52%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KUSH PARMARIndian National Congress · INC14,79842.2%
- 2SHYAMA SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,80833.6%
- 3SADA NAND CHAUHANJanata Dal · JD7,23020.6%
- 4VIRENDER SHARMAHVC · HVC8852.5%
- 5PARKASH CHANDShiv Sena · SHS3200.9%
- 6SAILESH KUMARIndependent · IND580.2%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −19.4%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 42.2%
- BJP share
- 20.7% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- — → —