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Constituency

43. Baijnath

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

HP-BAIJNATH

INC 43.8%won by 2.5%BJP 41.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.5% to 2.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.2% between them, down from 95.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
35,774
Margin
902
2.52%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−12.0%
INC share
55.1% 43.8%
BJP share
40.7% 41.3%
Turnout