Constituency
18. Paonta Doon
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 2003
HP-PAONTA-DOON
BJP 39.8%won by 10.3%LMHP 29.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 10.3%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 28.3% to 39.8% of the vote here (+11.5%).
- New challengerLMHP (LMHP) finished second with 29.5% — it did not contest here in 1998.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.3% of the vote between them, up from 61.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
56,935
Margin
5,862
10.30%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BJP- 1SUKH RAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP22,64739.8%
- 2KIRNESH JUNGLMHP · LMHP16,78529.5%
- 3RATTAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC16,04428.2%
- 4RAJENDER MOHANHVC · HVC1,4592.6%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–LMHP swing
- −18.0%
- BJP share
- 28.3% → 39.8%
- LMHP share
- 0.0% → 29.5%
- Turnout
- — → —