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48. Dharamsala

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

HP-DHARAMSALA

BJP 48.9%won by 9.9%INC 39.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.3% to 9.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.9% of the vote between them, up from 73.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
33,760
Margin
3,355
9.94%

Candidates

9 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1KISHAN CHAND KAPOORBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,52248.9%
  2. 2RAM SWAROOPIndian National Congress · INC13,16739.0%
  3. 3KAPOOR SINGH SAPAHYACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,5504.6%
  4. 4AMIN CHAND CHAUDHARYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8462.5%
  5. 5RAKESH NARAYANHVC · HVC6571.9%
  6. 6NANAK BARSAIN (JUBILEE)Independent · IND5661.7%
  7. 7BIDHI CHAND CHOUDHARYJanata Dal · JD3160.9%
  8. 8CHOUDHARY PREM PRAKASH BALIHARISamajwadi Party · SP940.3%
  9. 9LAXMI NARAINAIRJP · AIRJP420.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+8.6%
BJP share
37.5% → 48.9%
INC share
36.2% → 39.0%
Turnout
— → —
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