Constituency
159. Simla
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-SIMLA
INC 58.9%won by 20.5%BJP 38.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: HVC (HVC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 20.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 43.4% to 58.9% of the vote here (+15.5%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 38.4% — it did not contest here in 1999.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,18,988
Turnout
51.9%
Valid votes
5,28,655
Margin
1,08,180
20.46%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1DHANI RAM SHANDILIndian National Congress · INC3,11,18258.9%
- 2HIRA NAND KASHYAPBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,03,00238.4%
- 3SOM NATHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP14,4712.7%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- HVC
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −22.9%
- INC share
- 43.4% → 58.9%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 38.4%
- Turnout
- 52.9% → 51.9%