Who won Rainka in the 1972 Assembly election?

YESHWANT SINGH PARMAR of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Rainka in the 1972 Assembly election with 12,140 votes (93.4% vote share), a margin of 11,280 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

16. Rainka

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

HP-RAINKA

INC 93.4%won by 86.8%BJS 6.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 61.4% to 86.8%.

Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

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not in source

Turnout

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not in source

Valid votes

13,000

Margin

11,280

86.77%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC

1YESHWANT SINGH PARMAR Indian National Congress · INC12,14093.4%
2NARAIN SINGH Bharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8606.6%

Since 1967

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–BJS swing: +25.3%
INC share: 80.7% → 93.4%
BJS share: 19.3% → 6.6%
Turnout: — → —

15. Pachhad 17. Shillai

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