Who won Rainka in the 1998 Assembly election?

PREM SINGH of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Rainka in the 1998 Assembly election with 20,590 votes (66.3% vote share), a margin of 11,238 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

16. Rainka

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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 1998

HP-RAINKA

INC 66.3%won by 36.2%BJP 30.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.3% to 36.2%.

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

31,049

Margin

11,238

36.19%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC

1PREM SINGH Indian National Congress · INC20,59066.3%
2ROOP SINGH Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,35230.1%
3CHANDER SAIN HVC · HVC6322.0%
4GORKHU RAM Janata Dal · JD4751.5%

Since 1993

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–BJP swing: +22.9%
INC share: 55.5% → 66.3%
BJP share: 42.2% → 30.1%
Turnout: — → —

15. Pachhad 17. Shillai

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