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Indian National Congress on Kangra

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

WON 6 OF 12 contested

INC runner-up 6 times
Strike rate
50%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 12 published candidatures
Best vote share78.80%in 1984
Worst vote share24.60%in 2019
Average vote share46.48% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2024
Votes polled here30.55 Lacross all 12 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Indian National Congress 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

Indian National Congress 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: 1980 — the seat went to the polls in that year and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

12 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2024 Anand Sharma 3,80,898 36.70% 2 Lost · 2nd
2019 Pawan Kajal 2,47,595 24.60% 2 Lost · 2nd
2014 Chander Kumar 2,86,091 35.80% 2 Lost · 2nd
2009 Chandar Kumar 3,01,475 45.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
2004 Dhani Ram Shandil 3,11,182 59.20% 1 Won
1999 Gangu Ram Musafir 2,17,072 43.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
1998 Karishan Datt Sultanpuri 3,07,861 48.50% 1 Won
1996 K D Sultanpuri 2,61,965 55.70% 1 Won
1991 Krishan Dutt Sultanpuri 2,09,406 51.30% 1 Won
1989 Krishan Dutt Sultan Puri 2,01,912 47.40% 1 Won
1984 Krishan Dutt Sultanpuri 2,44,010 78.80% 1 Won
1977 Zalam Singh 85,472 31.30% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Bharatiya Janta PartyHimachal 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 17:32 UTC

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