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162. Simla

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Himachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-SIMLA

HVC 52.8%won by 9.4%INC 43.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to HVC (HVC), which now leads by 9.4%.

  • HVC vote shareHVC went from 4.3% to 52.8% of the vote here (+48.5%).
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 15.7% to 52.9%.

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

Electorate
9,45,063
Turnout
52.9%
Valid votes
5,00,164
Margin
46,930
9.38%

Candidates

6 contested · winner HVC
  1. 1Lt. Col. Dhani Ram ShandilHVC · HVC2,64,00252.8%
  2. 2Gangu Ram MusafirIndian National Congress · INC2,17,07243.4%
  3. 3Chet RamCommunist Party of India · CPI9,7201.9%
  4. 4Asha ChauhanIndependent · IND4,1440.8%
  5. 5Ramkrishan VermaJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS3,0930.6%
  6. 6K. D. KaushalNationalist Congress Party · NCP2,1330.4%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
HVCflipped
HVC–INC swing
+54.4%
HVC share
4.3% → 52.8%
INC share
49.3% → 43.4%
Turnout
68.6% → 52.9%
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