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Bamsan

Name: Bamsan
Address: IN

Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election 1998

48,398

Electors

34,329

Votes polled

70.93%

Turnout

8,828

Margin

Winner

Prem Kumar Dhumal

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Prem Kumar Dhumal Won Male	BJP	20,715	60.34%
2	Kuldeep Singh Pathania Male	INC	11,887	34.63%
3	Ranjit Singh Verma Male	HVC	1,329	3.87%
4	Lachho Ram Male	BSP	309	0.90%
5	Gopi Chand Atri Male	JD	58	0.17%
6	Parja Ram Dogra Male	IND	31	0.09%

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	Prof. Prem Kumar Male BJP	76.25%	Col. Bidhi Chand Male INC	19.68%
2003	Prem Kumar Dhumal Male BJP	66.73%	Kuldeep Singh Pathania Male INC	31.01%
1998	Prem Kumar Dhumal Male BJP	60.34%	Kuldeep Singh Pathania Male INC	34.63%
1993	Kuldeep Singh Pathania Male INC	46.24%	Lashkari Ram Male BJP	45.51%
1990	Lashkari Ram Male BJP	58.05%	Karam Singh Male INC	25.16%
1985	Karam Singh Male INC	55.02%	Pirthi Singh Male BJP	43.25%
1982	Lashkari Ram Male BJP	55.66%	Ranjit Singh Male INC	42.36%
1977	Ranjit Singh Verma Male JnP	44.61%	Bhumi Dev Male INC	29.27%
1972	Chandresh Kumari Female INC	46.36%	Bhumi Dev Male IND	34.19%