Constituency
150. Kangra
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-KANGRA
BJP 46.3%won by 11.7%INC 34.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 11.7%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 30.9% to 46.3% of the vote here (+15.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.0% between them, down from 93.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.3% to 68.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,37,973
Turnout
68.8%
Valid votes
5,07,577
Margin
59,204
11.66%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1SHANTA KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,35,14746.3%
- 2CHANDRESH KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC1,75,94334.7%
- 3MAJOR VIJAI SINGH MANKOTIAJanata Dal · JD74,98314.8%
- 4KAMAL KISHORE SHARMADDP · DDP10,2982.0%
- 5LEKHRAJBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,6220.7%
- 6ONKAR NATHIndependent · IND2,5720.5%
- 7DAYASHILIndependent · IND2,5330.5%
- 8NAVAL THAKURIndependent · IND1,5450.3%
- 9VIJAYA KUMARIndependent · IND9340.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +43.2%
- BJP share
- 30.9% → 46.3%
- INC share
- 62.5% → 34.7%
- Turnout
- 65.5% → 68.8%