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151. Kangra

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Himachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-KANGRA

INCI 45.3%won by 9.4%JNP 35.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 9.4%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 45.3% of the vote here (+45.3%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 35.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.1% between them, down from 93.2% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
5,26,337
Turnout
62.5%
Valid votes
3,29,129
Margin
30,930
9.40%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1VIKRAM CHAND MAHAJANINCI · INCI1,48,94645.3%
  2. 2SARVAN KUMAR CHAUDHARIJanata Party · JNP1,18,01635.9%
  3. 3KANWAR DURGA CHANDJNPS · JNPS25,7277.8%
  4. 4KARAM CHANDCommunist Party of India · CPI24,3727.4%
  5. 5DAYA SHIELIndependent · IND3,8441.2%
  6. 6CHAUDHARY VIKRAM SINGHINCU · INCU3,7401.1%
  7. 7CHARAN DAS SOTREEIndependent · IND2,0250.6%
  8. 8BALWANT SINGHIndependent · IND1,0090.3%
  9. 9KAMAL KUMAR DUBEYIndependent · IND8900.3%
  10. 10HOSHIAR SINGHIndependent · IND5600.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNP swing
+9.4%
INCI share
0.0% → 45.3%
JNP share
0.0% → 35.9%
Turnout
62.2% → 62.5%
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