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Himachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 39Reserved (SC)

PragpurAssembly by-election result, 1998

Smt. Nirmala Devi (BJP) won Pragpur in the 1998 assembly by-election with 65.6% of the vote, beating Yog Raj (INC) by 11,096 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 39 was Jawali. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2007. From 2012, seat no. 39 is Barsar. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Smt. Nirmala Devi
BJP
BJP 65.6%INC 33.5%1 other 0.9%
Votes
22,651
65.6% share
Winning margin
11,096
32.1% of votes
Candidates
3

A comfortable win — Smt. Nirmala Devi won by 32.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Smt. Nirmala Devi
BJP
BJP
22,65165.6%
2
Yog Raj
INC
INC
11,55533.5%
3
Bhagat Ram
BSP
BSP
3280.9%

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The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
32.1%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

BJP and INC took 99% of the votes.

Parties in the race 1.84

How did the vote split?

SEAT
65.6%won by BJP
BJP 65.6%INC 33.5%Others 0.9%

This seat number was reused from 2012. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2012, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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Who has won Pragpur, 1977–2007

  1. 1977YOG RAJ (JNP), margin 32.5%
  2. 1982VIRENDER KUMAR (BJP), margin 7.7%
  3. 1985YOG RAJ (INC), margin 3.1%
  4. 1990VIRENDER KUMAR (BJP), margin 27.6%
  5. 1993VIRENDER KUMAR (BJP), margin 5.3%
  6. 1998VIRENDER KUMAR (BJP), margin 3.6%
  7. 2003NAVEEN DHIMAN (IND), margin 10.3%
  8. 2007YOG RAJ (INC), margin 0.8%