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State:	Himachal Pradesh
Constituency:	Kangra
Total Votes Polled:	536078
Winner: INC	Sat Mahajan	263817
Runner Up: BJP	Santa Kumar	226293
Margin: 37524 (7.06%)

Another Congress constituency till the last few election when the BJP made inroads into the state. It was the seat from where former chief minister Shanta Kumar was elected in 1989. Becoming chief minister soon after, he recontested in 1996 and was defeated by the Congress's Sat Mahajan.