2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in December 2007, to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Bharatiya Janata Party won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote, and Prem Kumar Dhumal was reappointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.[1][2]

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

2007

68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
35 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Prem Kumar Dhumal Virbhadra Singh
Party BJP INC
Seats won 41 23
Seat change Increase
Popular vote 43.78% 38.9%

CM before election

Virbhadra Singh
INC

Elected CM

Prem Kumar Dhumal
BJP

The number of constituencies were set as 68, as per the recommendations of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976.[3]

Results

Source:[4]

Rank Party Seats
contested
Seats
won
% votes
1 Bharatiya Janata Party684143.78
2 Indian National Congress672338.9
3 Independent6037.97
4 Bahujan Samaj Party6717.26
Total68

Elected members

Source:[4]

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party Vote Runner-up Candidates Name Party vote
KinnaurSTTejwant Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17873 Jagat Singh Negi Indian National Congress 15384
RampurSCNand Lal Indian National Congress 26430 Brij Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 19960
RohruNoneVirbhadra Singh Indian National Congress 30079 Khushi Ram Balnatah Bharatiya Janata Party 15942
Jubbal-kotkhaiNoneNarinder Bragta Bharatiya Janata Party 23714 Rohit Indian National Congress 20890
ChopalNoneSubhash Chand Manglate Indian National Congress 20785 Radha Raman Shastri Bharatiya Janata Party 16453
KumarsainNoneVidya Stokes Indian National Congress 17375 Pramod Kumar Sharma Independent 16125
TheogNoneRakesh Verma Independent 21907 Rajinder Singh Indian National Congress 16623
SimlaNoneSuresh Bhardwaj Bharatiya Janata Party 12443 Sanjay Chauhan Communist Party of India 9855
KasumptiSCSohan Lal Indian National Congress 22931 Tarsem Bharti Bharatiya Janata Party 15632
ArkiNoneGobind Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 21168 Dharam Pal Thakur Independent 14481
DoonNoneVinod Kumari Bharatiya Janata Party 22470 Ch. Lajja Ram Indian National Congress 18974
NalagarhNoneHari Narayan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 28929 Lakhwinder Singh Rana(Papu) Indian National Congress 25108
KasauliSCDr. Rajiv Saizal Bharatiya Janata Party 21396 Raghu Raj Indian National Congress 15022
SolanNoneDr. Rajeev Bindal Bharatiya Janata Party 23597 Dr. Kailash Prashar Indian National Congress 19881
PachhadSCGangu Ram Musafir Indian National Congress 25383 Suresh Kumar Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party 22674
RainkaSCDr. Prem Singh Indian National Congress 20756 Balbir Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17477
ShillaiNoneHarshwardhan Chauhan Indian National Congress 20247 Amar Singh Chauhan Independent 16783
Paonta DoonNoneSukh Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 29322 Kirnesh Jung Indian National Congress 24460
NahanNoneKush Parmar Indian National Congress 15714 Shyama Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 14968
KotkehloorNoneRandhir Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 26828 Thakur Ram Lal Indian National Congress 21874
BilaspurNoneJagat Prakash Nadda Bharatiya Janata Party 24634 Bamber Thakur Independent 13453
GhumarwinNoneRajesh Dharmani Indian National Congress 24194 Karam Dev Dharmani Bharatiya Janata Party 22263
GeharwinSCRikhi Ram Kaundal Bharatiya Janata Party 24411 Beeru Ram Kishore Indian National Congress 19777
NadaunNoneSukhvinder Singh Sukhu Indian National Congress 17727 Vijay Agnihotri Bharatiya Janata Party 17141
HamirpurNoneUrmil Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 26378 Anita K Verma Indian National Congress 19417
BamsanNoneProf. Prem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party 35054 Col. Bidhi Chand Indian National Congress 9047
MewaSCIshwar Dass Dhiman Bharatiya Janata Party 24421 Suresh Kumar Indian National Congress 14046
NadauntaNoneBaldev Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 25634 Vidya Kumari Jar Indian National Congress 10070
GagretSCBalbir Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 23914 Kuldeep Kumar Indian National Congress 20843
ChintpurniNoneRakesh Kalia Indian National Congress 26737 Narender Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 10602
SantokgarhNoneMukesh Agnihotri Indian National Congress 31267 Jagroop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 24643
UnaNoneSatpal Singh 'satti' Bharatiya Janata Party 33050 Virender Gautam Indian National Congress 21198
KutleharNoneVirender Kanwar Bharatiya Janata Party 24677 Ram Nath Sharma Indian National Congress 17734
NurpurNoneRakesh Pathania Independent 29128 Ajay Mahajan Indian National Congress 24963
GangathSCDes Raj Bharatiya Janata Party 24520 Anita Kumari Independent 23830
JawaliNoneRajan Sushant Bharatiya Janata Party 26729 Sujan Singh Pathania Indian National Congress 21548
GulerNoneNeeraj Bharti Indian National Congress 21500 Harbans Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17499
JaswanNoneNikhil Rajour (manu Sharma) Indian National Congress 17692 Bikram Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17574
PragpurSCYog Raj Indian National Congress 21253 Naveen Dhiman Bharatiya Janata Party 20911
JawalamukhiNoneRamesh Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 22562 Sanjay Rattan Independent 17798
ThuralNoneRavinder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 18512 Jagdish Chand Sapehia Independent 11833
RajgirSCAtma Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 18829 Dr. Milkhi Ram Goma Indian National Congress 17611
BaijnathNoneSudhir Sharma Indian National Congress 19921 Dulo Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 16666
PalampurNoneParveen Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 25121 Brij Behari Lal Butail Indian National Congress 22533
SulahNoneVipin Singh Parmar Bharatiya Janata Party 19375 Jagjiwan Paul Indian National Congress 18376
NagrotaNoneG. S. Bali Indian National Congress 28381 Mangal Singh Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 22630
ShahpurNoneSarveen Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 25174 Onkar Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 16143
DharamsalaNoneKishan Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party 20362 Chandresh Kumari Indian National Congress 12746
KangraNoneSanjay Chaudhary Bahujan Samaj Party 19017 Chaudhary Surender Kaku Indian National Congress 17708
BhattiyatNoneKuldeep Singh Pathania Indian National Congress 16746 Bhupinder Singh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 16421
BanikhetNoneRenu Chadha Bharatiya Janata Party 28310 Asha Kumari Indian National Congress 26245
RajnagarSCSurinder Bhardwaj Indian National Congress 23596 Mohan Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 21774
ChambaNoneBal Krishan Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 26705 Pawan Nayyar Indian National Congress 18048
BharmourSTTulsi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 18420 Thakar Singh Indian National Congress 18404
Lahaul And SpitiSTDr. Ram Lal Markanda Bharatiya Janata Party 9117 Phunchog Rai Indian National Congress 6951
KuluNoneGovind Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 28925 Dharamvir Dhami Bahujan Samaj Party 23892
BanjarNoneKhimi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 25037 Satya Parkash Thakur Indian National Congress 24805
AniSCKishori Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 27341 Ishwar Dass Indian National Congress 25892
KarsogSCHira Lal Independent 19609 Mansa Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 14082
ChachiotNoneJai Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 27102 Shiv Lal Indian National Congress 23917
NachanSCDile Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 29228 Tek Chand Dogra Indian National Congress 21640
SundernagarNoneRoop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 19056 Sohan Lal Thakur Indian National Congress 16698
BalhSCPrakash Chaudhary Indian National Congress 24941 Damodar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 22653
GopalpurNoneInder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 28898 Rangila Ram Rao Indian National Congress 21350
DharampurNoneMahender Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 23090 Chander Shekhar Indian National Congress 13252
Joginder NagarNoneGulab Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 26926 Thakur Surender Paul Indian National Congress 19923
DarangNoneKaul Singh Indian National Congress 29898 Jawahar Lal Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 28089
MandiNoneAnil Kumar Indian National Congress 22808 Durga Datt Bharatiya Janata Party 20064


References

  1. Sujay Mehdudia (31 December 2007). "Dhumal sworn in Chief Minister". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. "Hon'ble Chief Minister - Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal". Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012.
  3. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. "Himachal Pradesh 2007". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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