Constituency
165. Hamirpur
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-HAMIRPUR
BJP 50.5%won by 12.3%INC 38.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 12.3%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 45.9% to 50.5% of the vote here (+4.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.6% between them, down from 94.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.8% to 71.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,91,303
Turnout
71.1%
Valid votes
6,33,363
Margin
77,909
12.30%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1SURESH CHANDELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,19,63150.5%
- 2MAJ.GEN.BIKRAM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC2,41,72238.2%
- 3MAJOR SHIV RAMHVC · HVC33,9875.4%
- 4BHAGWAN DASS JASSALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP27,4594.3%
- 5RANJIT SINGHJanata Dal · JD6,8641.1%
- 6MOHINDER SINGHAIRJP · AIRJP3,7000.6%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +15.3%
- BJP share
- 45.9% → 50.5%
- INC share
- 49.0% → 38.2%
- Turnout
- 57.2% → 71.1%