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49. Kangra

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

HP-KANGRA

BJP 53.0%won by 17.6%INC 35.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 17.6%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 37.9% to 53.0% of the vote here (+15.0%).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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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Valid votes
40,968
Margin
7,211
17.60%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1VIDYA SAGAR CHAUDHARYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP21,69553.0%
  2. 2DAULAT CHAUDHARYIndian National Congress · INC14,48435.4%
  3. 3HARI KRISHAN CHAANDHVC · HVC3,8709.4%
  4. 4SAROJ KUMARICommunist Party of India · CPI6121.5%
  5. 5KARTAR CHAND CHAUDHARYSamajwadi Party · SP1930.5%
  6. 6AVTAR SINGH RANAAIRJP · AIRJP1140.3%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+34.3%
BJP share
37.9% → 53.0%
INC share
54.6% → 35.4%
Turnout
— → —
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