Constituency
163. Kangra
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KANGRA
BLD 53.2%won by 13.1%INC 40.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 13.1%.
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 21.1% to 62.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,77,075
Turnout
62.2%
Valid votes
2,96,836
Margin
39,004
13.14%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BLD- 1DURGA CHANDBLD · BLD1,57,83253.2%
- 2VIKRAMCHANDIndian National Congress · INC1,18,82840.0%
- 3BANSI RAMCommunist Party of India · CPI15,7095.3%
- 4SONAIndependent · IND4,4671.5%
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
- +79.1%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 53.2%
- INC share
- 66.0% → 40.0%
- Turnout
- 41.2% → 62.2%