BaijnathAssembly by-election result, 1998
Dulo Ram (BJP) won Baijnath in the 1998 assembly by-election with 57.8% of the vote, beating Sudhir Sharma (INC) by 6,897 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 43 was Dharamsala. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2007. From 2012, seat no. 43 is Haroli. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — Dulo Ram won by 18.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dulo Ram | 21,09257.8% | |
| 2 | Sudhir Sharma | 14,19538.9% | |
| 3 | Udho Ram | 6191.7% | |
| 4 | Jagdish Chand | 3270.9% | |
| 5 | Dharam Chand Premi | 1540.4% | |
| 6 | Gian Chand Minhas | 1020.3% |
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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
BJP and INC took 97% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.06 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
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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