Constituency
160. Simla
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-SIMLA
INC 51.8%won by 11.6%BJP 40.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.5% to 11.6%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.9% of the vote between them, up from 82.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.8% to 54.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,38,904
Turnout
54.8%
Valid votes
4,04,579
Margin
46,860
11.58%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1KRISHAN DUTT SULTANPURIIndian National Congress · INC2,09,40651.8%
- 2ROOP DASS KASHYAPBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,62,54640.2%
- 3VIRENDER KASHYAPJanata Dal · JD15,7653.9%
- 4GYAN CHANDJanahitha Paksha · JP13,1323.2%
- 5BIMLA RANI (W)DDP · DDP1,7340.4%
- 6GEGAL RAM BANSALIndependent · IND1,2460.3%
- 7JASWAN SINGHIndependent · IND7500.2%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −2.0%
- INC share
- 48.0% → 51.8%
- BJP share
- 34.4% → 40.2%
- Turnout
- 58.6% → 54.8%