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155. Mandi

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Himachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-MANDI

INC 72.0%won by 55.8%LRP 16.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 28.3% to 55.8%.

  • New challengerLok Raksha Party (LRP) finished second with 16.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.1% of the vote between them, up from 75.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 7.1% to 35.5%.

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

Electorate
4,49,572
Turnout
35.5%
Valid votes
1,59,764
Margin
89,177
55.82%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VIRBHADRA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,14,95772.0%
  2. 2MANDHAR LALLok Raksha Party · LRP25,78016.1%
  3. 3GAURI PRASHADNCO · NCO6,3444.0%
  4. 4NAWAL THAKURIndependent · IND4,9143.1%
  5. 5MAHAVR PRASHADIndependent · IND4,5872.9%
  6. 6TULSI RAMIndependent · IND3,1822.0%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–LRP swing
+4.2%
INC share
51.7% → 72.0%
LRP share
0.0% → 16.1%
Turnout
42.7% → 35.5%
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