Constituency
29. Gagret
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998
HP-GAGRET
INC 52.5%won by 10.2%BJP 42.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.5% to 10.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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
34,231
Margin
3,504
10.24%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KULDEEP KUMARIndian National Congress · INC17,98452.5%
- 2SATPAULBharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,48042.3%
- 3DHARAMPAULBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7812.3%
- 4KASHMIRI DEVIHVC · HVC7142.1%
- 5MELA SINGHJanata Dal · JD1930.6%
- 6BHAGAT RAMAIRJP · AIRJP790.2%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −13.2%
- INC share
- 58.9% → 52.5%
- BJP share
- 35.5% → 42.3%
- Turnout
- — → —