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157. Hamirpur

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Himachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-HAMIRPUR

INC 78.1%won by 61.8%BJS 16.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.3% to 61.8%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.4% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.9% to 46.0%.

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

Electorate
4,28,989
Turnout
46.0%
Valid votes
1,97,189
Margin
1,21,783
61.76%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NARAIN CHANDIndian National Congress · INC1,53,93778.1%
  2. 2JAGDEV CHANDBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS32,15416.3%
  3. 3HANS RAJNCO · NCO4,7602.4%
  4. 4MUNSHI RAMIndependent · IND4,7172.4%
  5. 5GIAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,6210.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
+59.5%
INC share
51.1% → 78.1%
BJS share
48.9% → 16.3%
Turnout
50.8% → 46.0%
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