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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1971

Simla

Parliamentary constituency 497 (SC) · Himachal Pradesh

State boardHimachal Pradesh 1971

[01]Result · 1971

#497 · SC
Poll date1 Mar 1971
Contestants5Candidate lines
Electors4,20,268
Votes polled1,60,840
Turnout38.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerPartap SinghIndian National Congress1,36,78985.0% of votes
MARGIN1,27,551 votes · 79.3 pp1,36,789 − 9,238
Runner-upRup Singh Phul Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION)9,2385.7% of votes
INC 93.7% of top-two votesINCO 6.3%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 Partap SinghINC1,36,789 85.0%
  2. 02 Rup Singh PhulINCO9,238 5.7%
  3. 03 Thallu RamLRPHP8,290 5.2%
  4. 04 Telu RamIND1,316 0.8%
  5. 05 Saran DassIND796 0.5%

Turnout 38.3%

025507510038.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 40.5%

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 4 seats, 197140.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 1,56,429Residual 4,411

Seat history 1971–1971

  1. 1971
    79.3 pp
    Partap SinghIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 79.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 90.8% of votes; the other 3 candidates 6.5% between them.

    (1,36,789 + 9,238) ÷ 1,60,840 = 90.8% · 10,402 ÷ 1,60,840 = 6.5%

  2. Turnout of 38.3% was 2.2 pp below the state's median seat (40.5%).

    38.3 − 40.5 = −2.2

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines1,56,429
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled1,60,840
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 4,411

Candidate votes miss the published total by 4,411, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1971 · Himachal Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates5 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 4 seats on the Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha 1971 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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