Constituency
162. Mandi
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-MANDI
BLD 53.2%won by 13.7%INC 39.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 13.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 53.2% of the vote here (+53.2%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 17.1% to 52.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,93,450
Turnout
52.6%
Valid votes
2,59,715
Margin
35,505
13.67%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BLD- 1GANGA SINGHBLD · BLD1,38,14353.2%
- 2VIRBHADRA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,02,63839.5%
- 3TARA CHANDCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,9503.4%
- 4NAWAL THAKURIndependent · IND7,8173.0%
- 5ANI RUDHIndependent · IND2,1670.8%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +85.6%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 53.2%
- INC share
- 72.0% → 39.5%
- Turnout
- 35.5% → 52.6%