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164. Kangra

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Himachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-KANGRA

INC 49.6%won by 7.1%BJP 42.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 38.5% to 49.6% of the vote here (+11.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.2% of the vote between them, up from 79.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.2% to 60.7%.

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

Electorate
8,75,520
Turnout
60.7%
Valid votes
5,31,429
Margin
37,524
7.06%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SAT MAHAJANIndian National Congress · INC2,63,81749.6%
  2. 2SHANTA KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,26,29342.6%
  3. 3RAJAN SUSHANTRNP · RNP12,4302.3%
  4. 4HARDAYAL CHAUDHARYSamajwadi Party · SP8,0201.5%
  5. 5AMIN CHANDBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,3251.2%
  6. 6JAGAT RAMICS · ICS3,4170.6%
  7. 7GULAB SINGHShiv Sena · SHS1,9510.4%
  8. 8SURENDER BHARARIAIndependent · IND1,8200.3%
  9. 9PRITAM CHAND CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND1,7210.3%
  10. 10PIAR CHANDIndependent · IND1,6090.3%
  11. 11NIRMALA DEVIIndependent · IND1,3190.2%
  12. 12HARISH SHARMA MUNNAIndependent · IND1,0600.2%
  13. 13SURENDER KUMARIndependent · IND7380.1%
  14. 14SURESH KARKIIndependent · IND5330.1%
  15. 15ROSHAN RANAIndependent · IND3760.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+9.6%
INC share
38.5% → 49.6%
BJP share
41.0% → 42.6%
Turnout
55.5% → 60.7%
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