Constituency
162. Kangra
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-KANGRA
BJP 41.0%won by 2.5%INC 38.5%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.7% to 2.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 13.3% to 55.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,66,840
Turnout
55.5%
Valid votes
4,25,434
Margin
10,816
2.54%
Candidates
12 contested · winner BJP- 1D.D. KHANORIABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,74,45741.0%
- 2CHANDRESH KUMARI (W)Indian National Congress · INC1,63,64138.5%
- 3SURESH CHAUDHARYJanata Dal · JD75,90517.8%
- 4DHARAM CHAND PREMIJanahitha Paksha · JP3,6530.9%
- 5BIDHI CHANDIndependent · IND1,7990.4%
- 6GOVIND RAM HIGHTERIndependent · IND1,6130.4%
- 7KAMAL KISHORE SHARMADDP · DDP1,2180.3%
- 8ONKARNATH UPADHYAIPBI · PBI1,1520.3%
- 9DAYA SHILIndependent · IND6840.2%
- 10VIJAY KUMARJanata Party · JNP6480.2%
- 11D.D. ARORAIndependent · IND3390.1%
- 12NAWAL THAKURIndependent · IND3250.1%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −9.1%
- BJP share
- 46.3% → 41.0%
- INC share
- 34.7% → 38.5%
- Turnout
- 68.8% → 55.5%