Constituency
156. Kangra
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-KANGRA
INC 66.0%won by 42.0%BJS 23.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.0% to 42.0%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.9% of the vote between them, up from 62.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 10.1% to 41.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,09,838
Turnout
41.2%
Valid votes
1,68,680
Margin
70,888
42.03%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1VIKRAM CHANDIndian National Congress · INC1,11,27666.0%
- 2SARWAN KUMARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS40,38823.9%
- 3PARAS RAMCommunist Party of India · CPI11,2496.7%
- 4BUDHI PRAKASHSwatantra Party · SWA5,7673.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +38.0%
- INC share
- 33.0% → 66.0%
- BJS share
- 29.0% → 23.9%
- Turnout
- 51.2% → 41.2%