Constituency
164. Kangra
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-KANGRA
BJP 58.8%won by 18.2%INC 40.6%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.3% to 18.2%.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 11.8% to 59.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,35,090
Turnout
59.1%
Valid votes
5,52,860
Margin
1,00,742
18.22%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJP- 1Shanta KumarBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,25,06658.8%
- 2Sat MahajanIndian National Congress · INC2,24,32440.6%
- 3Chaudhary HardyalSamajwadi Party · SP1,9910.4%
- 4Captain Pratap ChaudharyJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS1,0070.2%
- 5Shakti Chand ChaudharyIndependent · IND4720.1%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +8.9%
- BJP share
- 52.6% → 58.8%
- INC share
- 43.3% → 40.6%
- Turnout
- 70.9% → 59.1%