GEN · Himachal Pradesh
Simla
Karishan Datt Sultanpuri (INC) won by 42,025 votes (6.7%).
- Electors
- 9,09,670
- Votes polled
- 6,34,282
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 69.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 6.7% (median 7.6%). Back to Himachal Pradesh · 1998 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 | Karishan Datt SultanpuriWinner | INC | 3,07,861 | 49.3% |
| 2 | Virender Kashyap | BJP | 2,65,836 | 42.6% |
| 3 | Madan Lal Tomar | HVC | 26,981 | 4.3% |
| 4 | Chet Ram | CPI | 13,440 | 2.2% |
| 5 | Ishwar Kalyan | JD | 10,219 | 1.6% |
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