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20. Kotkehloor

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

HP-KOTKEHLOOR

INC 50.8%won by 7.6%BJP 43.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.1% to 7.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.0% of the vote between them, up from 80.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
40,126
Margin
3,060
7.63%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM LAL THAKURIndian National Congress · INC20,38150.8%
  2. 2KRISHAN KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,32143.2%
  3. 3HARI LALCommunist Party of India · CPI1,3373.3%
  4. 4BABU RAM THAKURHVC · HVC6061.5%
  5. 5PRABHU RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3540.9%
  6. 6PREM KUMAR CHANDELAIRJP · AIRJP1270.3%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−27.4%
INC share
52.4% → 50.8%
BJP share
17.4% → 43.2%
Turnout
— → —
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