Constituency
17. Shahpur
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 2012
HP-SHAHPUR
BJP 48.4%won by 5.9%INC 42.5%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.6% to 5.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.9% of the vote between them, up from 80.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
72,593
Turnout
72.5%
Valid votes
52,617
Margin
3,123
5.94%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1SARVEENBharatiya Janata Party · BJP25,48748.4%
- 2VIJAI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC22,36442.5%
- 3NAND LALIndependent · IND1,8143.4%
- 4BALBIR SINGHHaryana Lokhit Party · HLP1,7503.3%
- 5BANARSI DASS DOGRABahujan Samaj Party · BSP5671.1%
- 6KUSHAL KUMARSamajwadi Party · SP3240.6%
- 7VIPAN KUMARLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP3110.6%
Since 2007
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −29.1%
- BJP share
- 49.1% → 48.4%
- INC share
- 14.1% → 42.5%
- Turnout
- — → 72.5%