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Dharamsala

Name: Dharamsala
Address: IN

Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election 1985

30,347

Electors

21,787

Votes polled

71.79%

Turnout

1,083

Margin

Winner

Mool Raj Padha

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Mool Raj Padha Won Male	INC	10,663	48.94%
2	Kishan Chand Male	BJP	9,580	43.97%
3	Dil Vikram Singh Male	IND	914	4.20%
4	Rakesh Narayan Male	CPI	567	2.60%
5	Swami Shanta Nand Male	IND	63	0.29%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2007	Kishan Kapoor Male BJP	44.16%	Chandresh Kumari Female INC	27.64%
2003	Chandresh Kumari Female INC	52.04%	Kishan Kapoor Male BJP	40.03%
1998	Kishan Chand Kapoor Male BJP	48.94%	Ram Swaroop Male INC	39.00%
1993	Kishan Kapoor Male BJP	37.48%	Chandresh Kumari Female INC	36.18%
1990	Kishan Chand Male BJP	69.45%	Mool Raj Padha Male INC	18.62%
1985	Mool Raj Padha Male INC	48.94%	Kishan Chand Male BJP	43.97%
1982	Brij Lal Male BJP	46.29%	Mool Raj Sharma Male INC	33.92%
1977	Brij Lal Male JnP	58.18%	Chander Verkar Male INC	38.32%
1972	Chander Verker Male INC	29.65%	Brij Lal Male IND	27.79%
1967	R.K.Chand Male INC	37.34%	N.Singh Male BJS	35.72%