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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1989

Kangra

Parliamentary constituency 3 (GEN) · Himachal Pradesh

State boardHimachal Pradesh 1989

[01]Result · 1989

#3 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants9Candidate lines
Electors7,37,973
Votes polled5,13,513
Turnout69.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerShanta KumarBharatiya Janata Party2,35,14745.8% of votes
MARGIN59,204 votes · 11.5 pp2,35,147 − 1,75,943
Runner-upChandresh Kumari Indian National Congress1,75,94334.3% of votes
BJP 57.2% of top-two votesINC 42.8%

All candidates 9

  1. 01 Shanta KumarBJP2,35,147 45.8%
  2. 02 Chandresh KumariINC1,75,943 34.3%
  3. 03 Major Vijai Singh MankotiaJD74,983 14.6%
  4. 04 Kamal Kishore SharmaDP10,298 2.0%
  5. 05 LekhrajBSP3,622 0.7%
  6. 06 Onkar NathIND2,572 0.5%
  7. 07 DayashilIND2,533 0.5%
  8. 08 Naval ThakurIND1,545 0.3%
  9. 09 Vijaya KumarIND934 0.2%

Turnout 69.6%

025507510069.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 63.5%
Male 3.61 lakh48.9% Female 3.77 lakh51.1%

Share of 7,37,973 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,043
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 4 seats, 198963.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 5,07,577Residual 5,936

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    17.4 pp
    Anurag Singh ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    40.4 pp
    Anurag Singh ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    11.8 pp
    Anurag Singh ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    10.4 pp
    Anurag Singh ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2004
    2.8 pp
    Chander KumarIndian National Congress
  6. 1999
    18.1 pp
    Shanta KumarBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    9.2 pp
    Shanta KumarBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1996
    7.0 pp
    Sat MahajanIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    2.5 pp
    D.D. KhanoriaBharatiya Janata Party
  10. 1989
    11.5 pp
    Shanta KumarBharatiya Janata Party
  11. 1984
    30.8 pp
    Chandresh KumariIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    9.2 pp
    Vikram Chand MahajanIndian National Congress
  13. 1977
    12.8 pp
    Durga ChandBharatiya Lok Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 40.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed JD polled 74,983 votes, 1.3× the 59,204-vote margin.

    74,983 ÷ 59,204 = 1.3

  2. The top two polled 80.1% of votes; the other 7 candidates 18.8% between them.

    (2,35,147 + 1,75,943) ÷ 5,13,513 = 80.1% · 96,487 ÷ 5,13,513 = 18.8%

  3. Turnout of 69.6% was 6.1 pp above the state's median seat (63.5%).

    69.6 − 63.5 = +6.1

  4. The margin narrowed from 30.8 pp in 1984 to 11.5 pp.

    11.5 − 30.8 = −19.3 pp

  5. Chandresh Kumari, the 1984 winner, finished second in 1989.

    1984 winner name = 1989 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines5,07,577
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled5,13,513
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 5,936

Candidate votes miss the published total by 5,936, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1989 · Himachal Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates9 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 4 seats on the Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha 1989 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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