GEN · Himachal Pradesh
Simla
K D Sultanpuri (INC) won by 91,133 votes (19.6%).
- Electors
- 8,83,691
- Votes polled
- 4,70,278
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 53.2%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 19.6% (median 9.4%). Back to Himachal Pradesh · 1996 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Safe (20%+)Flipped vs 1999
- Margin · 2004
- 20.5%(+11.1%)
- Turnout
- 51.6%(-1.8%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 97.3%
Winning margin over time · Simla
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K D SultanpuriWinner | INC | 2,61,965 | 56.3% |
| 2 | Virender Kashyap | BJP | 1,70,832 | 36.7% |
| 3 | Naresh Kumar | CPM | 19,276 | 4.1% |
| 4 | Gobind Sarta | JD | 4,381 | 0.9% |
| 5 | Manohar Lal | ICS | 3,416 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Gorakhu Ram | IND | 2,052 | 0.4% |
| 7 | Paras Ram | IND | 1,771 | 0.4% |
| 8 | Dharam Singh Sahil | IND | 1,167 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Prem Lal | IND | 800 | 0.2% |
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