Constituency
162. Simla
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SIMLA
INC 49.3%won by 6.7%BJP 42.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.6% to 6.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 15.9% to 68.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,09,670
Turnout
68.6%
Valid votes
6,24,337
Margin
42,025
6.73%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1KARISHAN DATT SULTANPURIIndian National Congress · INC3,07,86149.3%
- 2VIRENDER KASHYAPBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,65,83642.6%
- 3MADAN LAL TOMARHVC · HVC26,9814.3%
- 4CHET RAMCommunist Party of India · CPI13,4402.2%
- 5ISHWAR KALYANJanata Dal · JD10,2191.6%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −12.8%
- INC share
- 56.3% → 49.3%
- BJP share
- 36.7% → 42.6%
- Turnout
- 52.7% → 68.6%