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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Simla

Parliamentary constituency 1 (GEN) · Himachal Pradesh

State boardHimachal Pradesh 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#1 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants5Candidate lines
Electors9,09,670
Votes polled6,34,282
Turnout69.7%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerKarishan Datt SultanpuriIndian National Congress3,07,86148.5% of votes
MARGIN42,025 votes · 6.6 pp3,07,861 − 2,65,836
Runner-upVirender Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party2,65,83641.9% of votes
INC 53.7% of top-two votesBJP 46.3%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 Karishan Datt SultanpuriINC3,07,861 48.5%
  2. 02 Virender KashyapBJP2,65,836 41.9%
  3. 03 Madan Lal TomarHVC26,981 4.3%
  4. 04 Chet RamCPI13,440 2.1%
  5. 05 Ishwar KalyanJD10,219 1.6%

Turnout 69.7%

025507510069.7%TURNOUT◦ state median 70.7%
Male 4.85 lakh53.3% Female 4.24 lakh46.7%

Share of 9,09,670 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males875
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 4 seats, 199870.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 6,24,337Residual 9,945

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    24.3 pp
    Dr Rajeev BhardwajBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    47.4 pp
    Kishan KapoorBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    21.3 pp
    Shanta KumarBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    3.1 pp
    Dr. Rajan SushantBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2004
    20.6 pp
    Dhani Ram ShandilIndian National Congress
  6. 1999
    9.3 pp
    Lt. Col. Dhani Ram ShandilHimachal Vikash Congress
  7. 1998
    6.6 pp
    Karishan Datt SultanpuriIndian National Congress
  8. 1996
    19.4 pp
    K D SultanpuriIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    11.5 pp
    Krishan Dutt SultanpuriIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    13.4 pp
    Krishan Dutt Sultan PuriIndian National Congress
  11. 1984
    63.4 pp
    Krishan Dutt SultanpuriIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    12.9 pp
    Krishan DuttIndian National Congress
  13. 1977
    31.9 pp
    Balak RamBharatiya Lok Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 63.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 90.4% of votes; the other 3 candidates 8.0% between them.

    (3,07,861 + 2,65,836) ÷ 6,34,282 = 90.4% · 50,640 ÷ 6,34,282 = 8.0%

  2. Turnout of 69.7% was 1.0 pp below the state's median seat (70.7%).

    69.7 − 70.7 = −1.0

  3. The margin narrowed from 19.4 pp in 1996 to 6.6 pp.

    6.6 − 19.4 = −12.8 pp

  4. INC held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 INC · 1998 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines6,24,337
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled6,34,282
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 9,945

Candidate votes miss the published total by 9,945, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Himachal Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates5 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 4 seats on the Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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