Constituency
163. Mandi
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-MANDI
BJP 62.4%won by 27.1%INC 35.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 27.1%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 33.3% to 62.4% of the vote here (+29.1%).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.5% to 52.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,31,708
Turnout
52.3%
Valid votes
4,87,238
Margin
1,31,832
27.06%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJP- 1MAHESHWAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,04,21062.4%
- 2SMT.PRATIBHA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,72,37835.4%
- 3SUKH RAMHVC · HVC8,3041.7%
- 4DINANATHAIRJP · AIRJP1,2650.3%
- 5AMAR NIRGOTRAIndependent · IND1,0810.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +56.2%
- BJP share
- 33.3% → 62.4%
- INC share
- 62.4% → 35.4%
- Turnout
- 57.8% → 52.3%