Constituency
149. Kangra
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-KANGRA
INC 62.5%won by 31.6%BJP 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 31.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 62.5% of the vote here (+62.5%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.3% of the vote between them, up from 81.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.0% to 65.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,68,075
Turnout
65.5%
Valid votes
3,71,954
Margin
1,17,433
31.57%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1CHANDRESH KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC2,32,28762.5%
- 2SARVAN KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,14,85430.9%
- 3AJIT KUMARCommunist Party of India · CPI12,9203.5%
- 4SHANTA NANDIndependent · IND5,6061.5%
- 5DAYA SHILIndependent · IND2,3080.6%
- 6CHARAN DAS SAROTRYIndependent · IND2,1040.6%
- 7K.K.SHARMAIndependent · IND1,0200.3%
- 8ASHOK KUMAR JAMWALIndependent · IND4710.1%
- 9SURAJIndependent · IND3840.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +31.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 62.5%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- 62.5% → 65.5%