Constituency
160. Mandi
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-MANDI
INC 47.8%won by 2.0%BJP 45.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.9% to 2.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,12,524
Turnout
64.1%
Valid votes
7,13,026
Margin
13,997
1.96%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1VIRBHADRA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC3,40,97347.8%
- 2MAHESHWAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,26,97645.9%
- 3DR. ONKAR SHADCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,6642.9%
- 4LALA RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP10,1311.4%
- 5HOOKAM CHAND SHASTRIRWS · RWS7,8771.1%
- 6SHAN MOHAMMADIndependent · IND6,4050.9%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −8.0%
- INC share
- 53.4% → 47.8%
- BJP share
- 43.5% → 45.9%
- Turnout
- 62.9% → 64.1%