Constituency
26. Bamsan
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998
HP-BAMSAN
BJP 60.3%won by 25.7%INC 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 25.7%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 45.5% to 60.3% of the vote here (+14.8%).
- Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party 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
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
34,329
Margin
8,828
25.72%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1PREM KUMAR DHUMALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP20,71560.3%
- 2KULDEEP SINGH PATHANIAIndian National Congress · INC11,88734.6%
- 3RANJIT SINGH VERMAHVC · HVC1,3293.9%
- 4LACHHO RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3090.9%
- 5GOPI CHAND ATRIJanata Dal · JD580.2%
- 6PARJA RAM DOGRAIndependent · IND310.1%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +26.4%
- BJP share
- 45.5% → 60.3%
- INC share
- 46.2% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- — → —