Constituency
44. Palampur
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998
HP-PALAMPUR
INC 48.3%won by 2.1%BJP 46.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.5% to 2.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.9% — 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
38,211
Margin
792
2.07%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1BRIJ BEHARI LAL BUTAILIndian National Congress · INC18,45048.3%
- 2SHIV KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,65846.2%
- 3MUKESH KUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8892.3%
- 4NARINDER JAMWAL (NINI)HVC · HVC7221.9%
- 5SUNDER LALJanata Dal · JD2030.5%
- 6CHAUDHARY MAN SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP1990.5%
- 7MILAP CHANDAIRJP · AIRJP900.2%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −15.5%
- INC share
- 57.1% → 48.3%
- BJP share
- 39.6% → 46.2%
- Turnout
- — → —