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48. Dharamsala

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 2003

HP-DHARAMSALA

INC 52.0%won by 12.0%BJP 40.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 39.0% to 52.0% of the vote here (+13.0%).
  • 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
42,623
Margin
5,118
12.01%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHANDRESH KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC22,18152.0%
  2. 2KISHAN KAPOORBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,06340.0%
  3. 3RAM SWAROOPHVC · HVC2,4735.8%
  4. 4UTTAM KAPOORIndependent · IND4231.0%
  5. 5JASWANT SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP2460.6%
  6. 6SUDESH KUMARLJNSP · LJNSP2370.6%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+21.9%
INC share
39.0% → 52.0%
BJP share
48.9% → 40.0%
Turnout
— → —
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