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165. Hamirpur

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Himachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-HAMIRPUR

INC 49.0%won by 3.0%BJP 45.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 44.7% to 49.0% of the vote here (+4.2%).

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

Electorate
8,67,556
Turnout
57.2%
Valid votes
4,96,400
Margin
15,113
3.04%

Candidates

16 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MAJOR GENERAL VIKRAM SINGH (RETD)Indian National Congress · INC2,43,03949.0%
  2. 2PREM KUMAR DHUMALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,27,92645.9%
  3. 3SHANKAR SINGH CHANDELCommunist Party of India · CPI8,3831.7%
  4. 4GYAN CHAND DHIMANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7,5541.5%
  5. 5BALDEV SHARMAJanahitha Paksha · JP1,7970.4%
  6. 6GOPI CHAND ATTRIIndependent · IND1,6040.3%
  7. 7JOGINDER KUMARICS · ICS1,2150.2%
  8. 8CHAMAN LALIndependent · IND7670.2%
  9. 9BISHAN DUTT LAKHANPALSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP7540.2%
  10. 10YASHWANT SINGH RANARNP · RNP7300.1%
  11. 11RAM GOPAL SHARMAAIICT · AIICT7180.1%
  12. 12RAKESH MOHAN KALIAIndependent · IND5410.1%
  13. 13RATTAN CHANDIndependent · IND4890.1%
  14. 14RATTAN LALIndependent · IND4160.1%
  15. 15RAMESH KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND2930.1%
  16. 16SUSHMA SANDALIndependent · IND1740.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+3.9%
INC share
44.7% → 49.0%
BJP share
45.5% → 45.9%
Turnout
56.6% → 57.2%
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