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154. Simla

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Himachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-SIMLA

INC 87.4%won by 81.5%NCO 5.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.3% to 81.5%.

  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 5.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.4% of the vote between them, up from 86.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 14.4% to 37.2%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
4,20,268
Turnout
37.2%
Valid votes
1,56,429
Margin
1,27,551
81.54%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PARTAP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,36,78987.4%
  2. 2RUP SINGH PHULNCO · NCO9,2385.9%
  3. 3THALLU RAMLok Raksha Party · LRP8,2905.3%
  4. 4TELU RAMIndependent · IND1,3160.8%
  5. 5SARAN DASSIndependent · IND7960.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–NCO swing
+25.8%
INC share
55.7% → 87.4%
NCO share
0.0% → 5.9%
Turnout
51.7% → 37.2%
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