Constituency
56. Kulu
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998
HP-KULU
BJP 47.9%won by 0.1%INC 47.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 0.1%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 39.7% to 47.9% of the vote here (+8.2%).
- Knife-edgeDecided by 38 votes (0.07%) — among the closest results anywhere.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
51,103
Margin
38
0.07%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BJP- 1CHANDER SAIN THAKURBharatiya Janata Party · BJP24,46747.9%
- 2RAJ KRISHAN GAURIndian National Congress · INC24,42947.8%
- 3GOPAL DASSHVC · HVC1,5193.0%
- 4SAR CHANDCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM6881.3%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +16.9%
- BJP share
- 39.7% → 47.9%
- INC share
- 56.5% → 47.8%
- Turnout
- — → —