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21. Bilaspur

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

HP-BILASPUR

BJP 56.0%won by 21.3%INC 34.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.6% to 21.3%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.7% between them, down from 97.1% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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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Valid votes
37,844
Margin
8,049
21.27%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1JAGAT PRAKASH NADDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP21,18956.0%
  2. 2BABU RAM GAUTAMIndian National Congress · INC13,14034.7%
  3. 3SADA RAM THAKURHVC · HVC2,1955.8%
  4. 4BHAGAT SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI7952.1%
  5. 5MADAN LALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3991.1%
  6. 6KRISHAN LALJanata Dal · JD1260.3%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+14.7%
BJP share
51.9% → 56.0%
INC share
45.3% → 34.7%
Turnout
— → —
20. Kotkehloor22. Ghumarwin
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