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Bharatiya Janta Party on Kangra

State 2 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat
Record on this seat

WON 4 OF 9 contested

BJP runner-up 5 times
Strike rate
44.4%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 9 published candidatures
Best vote share72.00%in 2019
Worst vote share34.00%in 1989
Average vote share47.71% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1989
Last contested2024
Votes polled here30.84 Lacross all 9 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Bharatiya Janta Party vote share in Kangra, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 80 per cent. Years the party did not contest are left blank rather than plotted at zero. Ringed points are years it won the seat.0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%1977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024

Bharatiya Janta Party vote share  ·  a ringed point is a year they won this seat  ·  a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1977, 1980, 1984, 1999 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

9 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2024 Dr Rajeev Bhardwaj 6,32,793 61.00% 1 Won
2019 Kishan Kapoor 7,25,218 72.00% 1 Won
2014 Shanta Kumar 4,56,163 57.10% 1 Won
2009 Dr. Rajan Sushant 3,22,254 48.70% 1 Won
2004 Hira Nand Kashyap 2,03,002 38.60% 2 Lost · 2nd
1998 Virender Kashyap 2,65,836 41.90% 2 Lost · 2nd
1996 Virender Kashyap 1,70,832 36.30% 2 Lost · 2nd
1991 Roop Dass Kashyap 1,62,546 39.80% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Balak Ram 1,44,922 34.00% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National CongressHimachal Vikash CongressBharatiya Lok DalIndian National Congress (I)Janta PartyIndependentBahujan Samaj PartyJanata DalCommunist Party Of IndiaAam Aadmi PartyCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)Janta Party (SECULAR)Lok DalDoordarshi PartyJharkhand PartyIndian Congress (SOCIALIST)Janata Dal (Secular)Lok Jan Shakti PartyNavbharat Ekta DalAkhil Bhartiya Parivar PartyNationalist Congress PartyShiv SenaHimachal Janta PartyHimachal Jan Kranti PartyRashtrawadi SenaRashtriya Devbhumi PartyRashtriya Samaj Dal (R)Swabhiman PartyHimachal Swabhiman PartySamajwadi PartyBahujan Mukti Party

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Kangra
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-12
Computed
2026-09-12 17:33 UTC

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