Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1972

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Assembly constituency 16 (GEN) · Himachal Pradesh

State boardHimachal Pradesh 1972

[01]Result · 1972

#16 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants2

Electors26,317

Votes polled13,000

Turnout49.4%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerYeshwant Singh ParmarIndian National Congress12,14093.4% of votes

MARGIN11,280 votes · 86.8 pp12,140 − 860

Runner-upNarain Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh8606.6% of votes

INC 93.4% of top-two votesBJS 6.6%

All candidates 2

01 Yeshwant Singh ParmarINC12,140 93.4%
02 Narain SinghBJS860 6.6%

Turnout 49.4%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 68 seats, 197248.8%
ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 13,000Verified

Seat history 2022–1967

2022
31.5 pp
Pawan Kumar KajalBharatiya Janata Party
2017
10.7 pp
Pawan Kumar KajalIndian National Congress
2012
1.1 pp
Pawan KajalIndependent
2011
9.0 pp
Hirdaya RamBharatiya Janata Party
2007
8.2 pp
Dr. Prem SinghIndian National Congress
2003
17.4 pp
Dr. Prem SinghIndian National Congress
1998
35.1 pp
Prem SinghIndian National Congress
1993
13.2 pp
Prem SinghIndian National Congress
1990
10.5 pp
Roop SinghJanata Dal
1985
41.2 pp
Prem SinghIndian National Congress
1982
30.6 pp
Prem SinghIndian National Congress
1977
29.3 pp
Roop SinghJanata Party
1972
86.8 pp
Yeshwant Singh ParmarIndian National Congress
1967
47.5 pp
G.S.ChauhanIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 86.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 49.4% was 0.6 pp above the state's median seat (48.8%).
49.4 − 48.8 = +0.6
The margin widened from 47.5 pp in 1967 to 86.8 pp.
86.8 − 47.5 = +39.3 pp
INC held the seat it won in 1967.
1967 INC · 1972 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines13,000
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled13,000
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1972 · Himachal Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates2 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 68 seats on the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 1972 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database