Constituency
162. Hamirpur
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-HAMIRPUR
BJP 47.9%won by 0.2%INC 47.6%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.3% to 0.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.2% to 61.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,64,238
Turnout
61.5%
Valid votes
6,54,102
Margin
1,615
0.25%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1SURESH CHANDELBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,13,24347.9%
- 2THAKUR RAM LALIndian National Congress · INC3,11,62847.6%
- 3ER. MOHAR SINGH MASTANABahujan Samaj Party · BSP9,4731.4%
- 4RAMESHWARI KANWARIndependent · IND5,5660.9%
- 5RANJIT SINGHJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS4,4530.7%
- 6COL. MATWAR SINGH ( RETD.)Independent · IND4,2530.7%
- 7GOPI CHANDIndependent · IND3,1680.5%
- 8KHUSHI RAMIndependent · IND1,1600.2%
- 9CAPT. S. S. KALMOTIA ( RETD.)Independent · IND1,1580.2%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −23.0%
- BJP share
- 60.5% → 47.9%
- INC share
- 37.3% → 47.6%
- Turnout
- 59.3% → 61.5%