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27. Mewa

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

HP-MEWA

BJP 53.5%won by 14.5%INC 39.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.3% to 14.5%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.6% between them, down from 98.0% — the field split more ways.

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
37,255
Margin
5,417
14.54%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1ISHWAR DASS DHIMANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,94953.5%
  2. 2PREM KAUSHALIndian National Congress · INC14,53239.0%
  3. 3DHARAM DASSHVC · HVC1,4864.0%
  4. 4BRAHAM DASSCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM7502.0%
  5. 5MADAN LALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5381.4%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+13.2%
BJP share
49.6% → 53.5%
INC share
48.3% → 39.0%
Turnout
— → —
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