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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2007

Simla

Assembly constituency 8 (GEN) · Himachal Pradesh

State boardHimachal Pradesh 2007

[01]Result · 2007

#8 · GEN
Poll date19 Dec 2007
Contestants8
Electors68,722
Votes polled32,437
Turnout47.2%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerSuresh BhardwajBharatiya Janata Party12,44338.4% of votes
MARGIN2,588 votes · 8.0 pp12,443 − 9,855
Runner-upSanjay Chauhan Communist Party of India (Marxist)9,85530.4% of votes
BJP 55.8% of top-two votesCPI(M) 44.2%

All candidates 8

  1. 01 Suresh BhardwajBJP12,443 38.4%
  2. 02 Sanjay ChauhanCPI(M)9,855 30.4%
  3. 03 Harbhajan Singh BhajjiINC8,330 25.7%
  4. 04 Ved PrakashBSP1,337 4.1%
  5. 05 Surender RajputIND160 0.5%
  6. 06 Rajesh SharmaLJP151 0.5%
  7. 07 Madan Singh RanaIND94 0.3%
  8. 08 Liaquat AliIND38 0.1%

Turnout 47.2%

025507510047.2%TURNOUT◦ state median 72.0%

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 68 seats, 200772.0%
  • ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 32,408Residual 29

Seat history 2022–1967

  1. 2022
    11.5 pp
    Bhawani Singh PathaniaIndian National Congress
  2. 2021
    10.1 pp
    Bhawani Singh PathaniaIndian National Congress
  3. 2017
    2.2 pp
    Sujan Singh PathaniaIndian National Congress
  4. 2012
    14.2 pp
    Sujan Singh PathaniaIndian National Congress
  5. 2007
    8.0 pp
    Suresh BhardwajBharatiya Janata Party
  6. 2003
    6.7 pp
    Harbhajan Singh BhajjiIndian National Congress
  7. 1998
    8.3 pp
    Narinder BragtaBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1996
    8.0 pp
    Adarsh KumarIndian National Congress
  9. 1993
    0.5 pp
    Rakesh SinghaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  10. 1990
    22.0 pp
    Suresh BharadwajBharatiya Janata Party
  11. 1985
    2.8 pp
    Harbhajan SinghIndian National Congress
  12. 1982
    11.7 pp
    Daulat RamBharatiya Janata Party
  13. 1977
    51.9 pp
    Daulat Ram ChauhanJanata Party
  14. 1972
    63.4 pp
    Shonkia Ram KashyapIndian National Congress
  15. 1967
    34.5 pp
    D.RamBharatiya Jana Sangh

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 63.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed INC polled 8,330 votes, 3.2× the 2,588-vote margin.

    8,330 ÷ 2,588 = 3.2

  2. The top two polled 68.7% of votes; the other 6 candidates 31.2% between them.

    (12,443 + 9,855) ÷ 32,437 = 68.7% · 10,110 ÷ 32,437 = 31.2%

  3. Turnout of 47.2% was 24.8 pp below the state's median seat (72.0%).

    47.2 − 72.0 = −24.8

  4. The margin widened from 6.7 pp in 2003 to 8.0 pp.

    8.0 − 6.7 = +1.3 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: INC in 2003, BJP in 2007.

    2003 INC · 2007 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 8 candidate lines32,408
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled32,437
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 29

Candidate votes miss the published total by 29, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2007 · Himachal Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates8 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 68 seats on the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2007 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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