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Mandi |
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Incumbent | Pratibha Singh |
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Parliamentary Party | Indian National Congress |
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Elected Year | 2021 |
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Established | 1952 |
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Reservation | None |
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State | Himachal Pradesh |
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Former MP | Ram Swaroop Sharma |
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Assembly Constituencies | 17: Kinnaur,Bharmour, Lahaul & Spiti, Manali, Kullu, Banjar, Anni, Karsog, Sundernagar, Nachan, Seraj, Darang, Jogindernagar, Mandi, Balh, Sarkaghat and Rampur |
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Mandi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. Pratibha Singh, representing INC, won the last Lok Sabha byelection in 2021 from Mandi following the death of Ram Swaroop Sharma who won in 2019 general Lok Sabha election.
History[edit]
Mandi Parliamentary constituency already emerged as a hot bed of politics where not only the BJP and the Congress will fight for their prestige, but is the only seat in the state where the Left front has popped up a candidate.[1]
The constituency then was named as Mandi - Mahasu was represented by Rani Amrit Kaur of the erstwhile Patiala state and Sh Gopi Ram Mandi during 1952–57. In the Lok Sabha elections that followed in 1957, the seat was represented by Raja Joginder Sen of the erstwhile Mandi state, who represented the seat till 1962. In the following elections that year Raja Lalit Sen of Sundarnagar or the erstwhile Suket State was elected. He repeated his victory in the 1967 elections.
However, in period from 1977 to 1979, the constituency was represented by Ganga Singh who represented the Janata Party, which came to power at the centre immediately after the elections that followed the imposition of emergency in the country and the Congress, under Indira Gandhi was routed. He defeated Congress candidate Virbhadra Singh.
Then came along the man, who called himself the son-of-the-soil, Sukh Ram. He switched from state politics to the Parliament and won comfortably in 1985. In the next election, however, it was again another blue-blooded royal, Maheshwar Singh, scion of the erstwhile Kullu state who drubbed the son-of-the-soil at the polls.
But Sukh Ram bounced back and won again in 1994, but was expelled from the Congress a couple of years later, following the reported recovery of large amounts of cash from his residence. To re-establish his political dominion Sukh Ram floated Himachal Vikas Congress and came back into politics with a bang – winning five Assembly seats in 1998 along with wresting Shimla (reserved) parliamentary seat from the Congress in 1999. In 1998, Sukh Ram's HVC under an alliance with the BJP supported the candidature of Maheshwar Singh, who won easily. In 2004, Congress candidate Pratibha Singh defeated Maheshwar Singh. In the last Parliament elections 2009, Congress candidate Virbhadra Singh defeated Maheshwar Singh by a very small gap.[2]
Vidhan Sabha segments[edit]
Mandi Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following 17 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]
Members of Lok Sabha[edit]
^ bye-poll
Election results[edit]
2021 Bye-election[edit]
2019 Election[edit]
2019 Indian general elections: Mandi
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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BJP
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Ram Swaroop Sharma
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6,47,189
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68.75
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+18.81
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INC
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Aashray sharma
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2,41,730
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25.68
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-18.78
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CPI (M)
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Daleep Singh Kaith
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14,838
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1.58
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-0.34
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BSP
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Ses Ram
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9,060
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0.96
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+0.25
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NOTA
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None of the Above
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5,298
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0.56
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-0.29
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Majority
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4,05,459
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43.07
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+37.59
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Turnout
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9,43,148
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73.60
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+10.48
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BJP hold
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Swing
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2014 election[edit]
2014 Indian general elections: Mandi
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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BJP
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Ram Swaroop Sharma
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3,62,824
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49.94
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+12.71
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INC
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Pratibha Singh
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3,22,968
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44.46
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-16.25
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CPI (M)
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Kushal Bhardwaj
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13,965
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1.92
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+1.92
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AAP
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Jai Chand Thakur
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9,359
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1.29
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+1.29
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BSP
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Lala Ram
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5,167
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0.71
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+0.71
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NOTA
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None of the above
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6,191
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0.85
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+0.85
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Majority
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39,856
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5.48
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-18.00
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Turnout
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7,26,094
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63.12
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+11.33
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BJP gain from INC
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Swing
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-10.77
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2013 By-election[edit]
Bye-election, 2013: Mandi
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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INC
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Pratibha Singh
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3,53,492
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60.71
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+12.89
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BJP
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Jai Ram Thakur
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2,16,765
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37.23
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-8.63
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Independent
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Subhash Mohan Snehi
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6,057
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1.04
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+1.04
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PRISM
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Lawan Kumar
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5,932
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1.02
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+1.02
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Majority
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1,36,727
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23.48
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+21.52
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Turnout
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5,82,249
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51.80
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-12.29
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INC hold
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Swing
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+12.89
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2009 election[edit]
General Election, 2009: Mandi
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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INC
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Virbhadra Singh
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3,40,973
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47.82
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-5.59
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BJP
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Maheshwar Singh
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3,26,976
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45.85
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+2.38
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CPI (M)
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DR. ONKAR SHAD
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20,664
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2.89
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BSP
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Lala Ram
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10,131
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1.42
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+0.12
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style="background-color: Template:Rashtrawadi Sena/meta/color; width: 5px;" |
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[[Rashtrawadi Sena|Template:Rashtrawadi Sena/meta/shortname]]
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Hookam Chand Shastri
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7,877
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1.10
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Independent
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Shan Mohammad
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6,405
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0.89
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Majority
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13,997
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1.97
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-7.97
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Turnout
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7,13,026
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64.09
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+1.18
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INC hold
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Swing
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2004 election[edit]
1999 election[edit]
General Election, 1999: Mandi
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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BJP
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Maheshwar Singh
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3,25,929
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62.05
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-0.39
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INC
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Kaul Singh
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1,94,904
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37.11
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+1.73
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NCP
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Ravi Thakur
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3,657
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0.7
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Independent
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Amar Nirgotra
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750
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0.14
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-0.07
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Majority
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1,31,025
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24.94
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-2.22
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Turnout
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5,28,636
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54.56
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BJP gain from INC
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Swing
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1998 election[edit]
General Election, 1998: Mandi
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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BJP
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Maheshwar Singh
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3,04,210
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62.44
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+29.15
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INC
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Pratibha Singh
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1,72,378
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35.38
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-27.06
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Sukh Ram
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8,304
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1.70
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[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|Template:Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/shortname]]
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Dina Nath
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1,265
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0.26
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Independent
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Amar Nirgotra
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1081
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0.22
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Majority
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1,31,832
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27.06
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+2.09
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Turnout
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4,90,660
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BJP gain from INC
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Swing
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1996 election[edit]
General Election, 1996: Mandi
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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INC
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Sukh Ram
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3,28,186
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62.44
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BJP
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Adan Singh Thakur
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1,74,963
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33.29
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SP
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Ganga Singh
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6,460
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1.23
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SHS
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Subh Ram Thakray
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790
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0.15
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AIIC(T)
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Chandermani Sharma
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3,717
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0.71
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Independent
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Amar Nirgotra
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4,608
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0.88
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Independent
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Kanshi Ram
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1,954
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0.37
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Independent
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Devender Sharma
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1049
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0.20
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Independent
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Bal Krishan
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936
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0.18
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Independent
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Diwan Chand Gupta
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768
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0.15
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Independent
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Ramesh Chand Gautam
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739
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0.14
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Independent
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Jeevan Parkash Sharma
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695
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0.13
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Independent
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Brikam Ram
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449
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0.09
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Independent
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Ramesh Kumar Garla
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294
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0.06
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Majority
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1,53,223
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29.15
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Turnout
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5,25,608
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INC gain from BJP
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Swing
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1991 election[edit]
General Election, 1991: Mandi
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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INC
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Sukh Ram
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2,33,380
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49.70
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BJP
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Maheshwar Singh
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2,06,753
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44.03
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JD
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Karam Singh
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18,112
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3.86
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SHS
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Subh Ram Thakray
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790
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0.15
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style="background-color: Template:Doordarshi Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |
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[[Doordarshi Party|Template:Doordarshi Party/meta/shortname]]
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Om Prakash
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3970
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0.85
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JP
|
Prem Singh Thakur
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2,829
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0.60
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Independent
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Om Dutt Sharma
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1,954
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0.37
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Independent
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Krishan Lal Sharma
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1049
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0.20
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Independent
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Amar Nirogotra
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936
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0.18
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Independent
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Nawal Thakur
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768
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0.15
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Independent
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Gian Chand Paniala
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739
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0.14
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Independent
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Jeevan Parkash Sharma
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695
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0.13
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Independent
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Brikam Ram
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449
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0.09
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Independent
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Ramesh Kumar Garla
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294
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0.06
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Majority
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26,627
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5.67
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Turnout
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4,72,718
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INC gain from BJP
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Swing
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1989 election[edit]
General Election, 1989: Mandi
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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BJP
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Maheshwar Singh
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2,34,164
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50.36
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INC
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Sukh Ram
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2,06,095
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44.33
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CPI (M)
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D.N. Kapoor
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9,736
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2.09
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style="background-color: Template:Doordarshi Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" |
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[[Doordarshi Party|Template:Doordarshi Party/meta/shortname]]
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O.M. Prakash
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5,510
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1.19
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BSP
|
Dharam Singh
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4,489
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0.97
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JP
|
Naval Thaur
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3,423
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0.74
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Independent
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Raj Kumar
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1,530
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0.33
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Majority
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28,069
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6.03
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Turnout
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4,64,947
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BJP gain from INC
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Swing
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1984 election[edit]
General Election, 1984: Mandi
Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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INC
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Sukh Ram
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2,24,146
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67.52
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BJP
|
Madhukar Singh
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92,495
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27.86
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style="background-color: Template:Congress (J)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |
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[[Congress (J)|Template:Congress (J)/meta/shortname]]
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Nand Singh
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3,817
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1.15
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JP
|
Het Ram
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2,331
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0.70
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Independent
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Kamal Kishore
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2,921
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0.88
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Independent
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Narpat Ram Chauhan
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2,616
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0.79
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Independent
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Nawal Thakur
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2,453
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0.74
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Independent
|
Durga Singh Rathore
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1,194
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0.36
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Majority
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1,31,651
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39.66
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Turnout
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3,31,973
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INC gain from Indian National Congress (Socialist)
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Swing
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1980 election[edit]
1977 election[edit]
1971 election[edit]
1967 election[edit]
1962 election[edit]
1957 election[edit]
1951 election[edit]
Stations and 2 Auxiliary polling stations are being set up in the Four Parliamentary Constituencies for Lok Sabha Elections – 2009 in the State. 1259 Pole been declared as sensitive while 708 polling Stations have been classified as Hypersensitive to ensure free and fair elections in the State. The maximum number of Hyper Sensitive Polling Stations is 197 in Kangra District, he added. However, the largest number of Polling Stations was 1921 in 2-Mandi Parliamentary Constituency, including the Auxiliary Polling Station in Jogindernagar Assembly Constituency.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of Himachal Pradesh
Template:Mandi district
Coordinates: 31°42′N 76°54′E / 31.7°N 76.9°E / 31.7; 76.9