2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh on 12 November 2022 to elect 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 8 December 2022.

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
12 November 2022
All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
35 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.78%[1] (Increase0.21%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Jai Ram Thakur
Party INC BJP
Leader since 2022 2017
Leader's seat Nadaun Seraj
Last election 41.7%, 21 seats 48.8%, 44 seats
Seats won 40 25
Seat change Increase 19 Decrease 19
Popular vote 1,852,504 1,814,530
Percentage 43.90% 43.00%
Swing Increase 2.22 Decrease 5.79
Map of Himachal Pradesh showing Assembly constituencies and winning parties
Chief Minister before election

Jai Ram Thakur
BJP

 Elected Chief Minister

Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
INC

The result was a victory for the Indian National Congress, which returned to power after losing their majority in 2017, continuing a pattern of the incumbent party losing reelection in Himachal Pradesh since 1985.[2]

Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu became the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh whereas Mukesh Agnihotri became Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.[3]

Background

The tenure of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly was scheduled to end on 8 January 2023.[4] The previous assembly elections were held in November 2017. After the election, Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with Jai Ram Thakur becoming chief minister.[5] The Indian National Congress became the opposition with Mukesh Agnihotri becoming Leader of Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Bypolls and defections

Since the last assembly elections, several bypolls were held, the most recent of which were won by the Indian National Congress, with it wresting control of the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency and 3 other assembly constituencies.[6]

Congress MLAs Pawan Kumar Kajal and Lakhvinder Singh Rana joined BJP in August 2022.[7] Kajal was the head of Congress Working committee.[8] The defection of the two senior Congress officials was deemed to be a major blow to the party just a few months prior to the Assembly election.[9] On 28 September 2022, Himachal Pradesh state Congress working president and former cabinet minister Harsh Mahajan joined BJP. The defection was another shock to Congress.[10][11]

Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 14 October 2022.[12]

S.No. Poll event Date
1. Notification date 17 October 2022
2. Last date for filing Nominations 25 October 2022
3. Date for scrutiny of nominations 27 October 2022
4. Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 29 October 2022
5. Date of poll 12 November 2022
6. Date of counting 8 December 2022

Election statistics

Source:[13][14][15]

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party Jai Ram Thakur 68[16][17][18]

  United Progressive Alliance
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
1. Indian National Congress Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu 68[16][17][19]

  Aam Aadmi Party
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
1. Aam Aadmi Party Surjeet Singh Thakur 67[16][17][20]

  Left Front

CPI(M) contested the assembly election in alliance with the CPI.[21]

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rakesh Singha 11[16][17]
2. Communist Party of India Shyam Singh Chauhan[22] 1[16][17]

Others
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
1. Bahujan Samaj Party Narayan Singh Azad[23] 53[16][17]
2. Rashtriya Devbhumi Party Rumit Singh Thakur[24] 29[16][17]

Candidates

AAP released the first list of 4 candidates on 20 September 2022.[25] Second list of 54 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.[26] Third list of 10 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.[27] AAP's nomination from Darang was withdrawn on 29 October 2022.[28]

CPI(M) released the first list of 11 candidates on 22 September 2022.[29] and second list of 2 candidates on 24 September.[30] However, the earlier lists were withdrawn and a final list of 11 candidates was released on 18 October 2022.[31] It was reported that CPI would contest on 3 seats,[21] but decided to contest on 1 seat only.[16]

Congress released the first list of 46 candidates on 18 October 2022.[32] Second list of 17 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.[33] Congress released third list of 4 candidates on 22 October 2022.[34] Candidate for the remaining 1 seat was named on 25 October 2022.[35]

BJP released the first list of 62 candidates on 19 October 2022.[36] Second list of remaining 6 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.[37] BJP replaced its candidates from Chamba on 20 October 2022[38] and Kullu on 25 October 2022.[39]

District[40] Constituency Electors
(2022)[41]		 NDA[16][17][18] UPA[16][17][19]
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate
Chamba 1 Churah (SC) 75,468 BJP Hans Raj INC Yashwant Singh Khanna
2 Bharmour (ST) 76,046 BJP Janak Raj INC Thakur Singh Bharmouri
3 Chamba 81,594 BJP Neelam Nayyar INC Niraj Nayyar
4 Dalhousie 73,071 BJP D S Thakur INC Asha Kumari
5 Bhattiyat 78,980 BJP Bikram Singh Jaryal INC Kuldip Singh Pathania
Kangra 6 Nurpur 91,269 BJP Ranveer Singh INC Ajay Mahajan
7 Indora (SC) 91,569 BJP Reeta Dhiman INC Malender Rajan
8 Fatehpur 87,913 BJP Rakesh Pathania INC Bhawani Singh Pathania
9 Jawali 99,572 BJP Sanjay Kumar Guleria INC Chander Kumar
10 Dehra 83,629 BJP Ramesh Dhawala INC Rajesh Sharma
11 Jaswan-Pragpur 77,991 BJP Bikram Thakur INC Surinder Singh Mankotia
12 Jawalamukhi 78,144 BJP Ravinder Singh Ravi INC Sanjay Rattan
13 Jaisinghpur (SC) 84,018 BJP Ravinder Dhiman INC Yadvinder Goma
14 Sullah 1,03,905 BJP Vipin Singh Parmar INC Jagdish Sapehia
15 Nagrota 88,867 BJP Arun Kumar Mehra INC Raghubir Singh Bali
16 Kangra 81,583 BJP Pawan Kumar Kajal INC Surender Singh Kaku
17 Shahpur 87,723 BJP Sarveen Choudhary INC Kewal Singh Pathania
18 Dharamshala 81,516 BJP Rakesh Choudhary INC Sudhir Sharma
19 Palampur 75,481 BJP Trilok Kapoor INC Ashish Butail
20 Baijnath (SC) 89,135 BJP Mulkh Raj Premi INC Kishori Lal
Lahaul and Spiti 21 Lahaul and Spiti (ST) 24,876 BJP Ram Lal Markanda INC Ravi Thakur
Kullu 22 Manali 73,488 BJP Govind Singh Thakur INC Bhuvneshwar Gaur
23 Kullu 89,600 BJP Narottam Thakur INC Sunder Thakur
24 Banjar 73,094 BJP Surender Shourie INC Khimi Ram
25 Anni (SC) 85,643 BJP Lokendra Kumar INC Bansi Lal Kaushal
Mandi 26 Karsog (SC) 74,909 BJP Deepraj Kapoor INC Mahesh Raj
27 Sundernagar 81,164 BJP Rakesh Jamwal INC Sohan Lal Thakur
28 Nachan (SC) 86,208 BJP Vinod Kumar INC Naresh Kumar
29 Seraj 81,843 BJP Jai Ram Thakur INC Chetram Thakur
30 Darang 89,086 BJP Puranchand Thakur INC Kaul Singh Thakur
31 Jogindernagar 98,341 BJP Prakash Rana INC Surender Pal Thakur
32 Dharampur 79,958 BJP Rajat Thakur INC Chandershekhar
33 Mandi 76,957 BJP Anil Sharma INC Champa Thakur
34 Balh (SC) 79,587 BJP Indra Singh Gandhi INC Prakash Chaudhary
35 Sarkaghat 90,837 BJP Daleep Thakur INC Pawan Kumar
Hamirpur 36 Bhoranj (SC) 81,134 BJP Anil Dhiman INC Suresh Kumar
37 Sujanpur 73,922 BJP Ranjeet Singh INC Rajinder Singh Rana
38 Hamirpur 74,861 BJP Narinder Thakur INC Pushpendra Verma
39 Barsar 86,273 BJP Maya Sharma INC Inder Dutt Lakhanpal
40 Nadaun 93,107 BJP Vijay Agnihotri INC Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Una 41 Chintpurni (SC) 82,686 BJP Balbir Singh INC Sudarshan Singh Babloo
42 Gagret 82,774 BJP Rakesh Thakur INC Chaitanya Sharma
43 Haroli 86,273 BJP Ramkumar INC Mukesh Agnihotri
44 Una 85,254 BJP Satpal Singh Satti INC Satpal Raizada
45 Kutlehar 85,163 BJP Virender Kanwar INC Devender Kumar Bhutto
Bilaspur 46 Jhanduta (SC) 79,577 BJP Jeet Ram Katwal INC Vivek Kumar
47 Ghumarwin 88,527 BJP Rajinder Garg INC Rajesh Dharmani
48 Bilaspur 83,025 BJP Trilok Jamwal INC Bumber Thakur
49 Sri Naina Deviji 74,244 BJP Randhir Sharma INC Ram Lal Thakur
Solan 50 Arki 93,852 BJP Govind Ram Sharma INC Sanjay Awasthy
51 Nalagarh 89,828 BJP Lakhvinder Singh Rana INC Hardeep Singh Bawa
52 Doon 68,266 BJP Paramjeet Singh INC Ram Kumar Chaudhary
53 Solan (SC) 85,238 BJP Rajesh Kashyap INC Dhani Ram Shandil
54 Kasauli (SC) 67,434 BJP Rajiv Saizal INC Vinod Sultanpuri
Sirmaur 55 Pachhad (SC) 76,475 BJP Reena Kashyap INC Dayal Pyari
56 Nahan 83,561 BJP Rajeev Bindal INC Ajay Solanki
57 Sri Renukaji (SC) 72,961 BJP Narayan Singh INC Vinay Kumar
58 Paonta Sahib 82,487 BJP Sukh Ram Chaudhary INC Kirnesh Jung
59 Shillai 74,831 BJP Baldev Singh Tomar INC Harshwardhan Chauhan
Shimla 60 Chopal 79,109 BJP Balbir Singh Verma INC Rajneesh Kimta
61 Theog 83,275 BJP Ajay Shyam INC Kuldeep Singh Rathore
62 Kasumpti 65,713 BJP Suresh Bhardwaj INC Anirudh Singh
63 Shimla 48,071 BJP Sanjay Sood INC Harish Janartha
64 Shimla Rural 76,267 BJP Ravi Mehta INC Vikramaditya Singh
65 Jubbal-Kotkhai 71,566 BJP Chetan Singh Bragta INC Rohit Thakur
66 Rampur (SC) 74,838 BJP Kaul Negi INC Nand Lal
67 Rohru (SC) 73,580 BJP Shashi Bala INC Mohan Lal Brakta
Kinnaur 68 Kinnaur (ST) 58,836 BJP Surat Negi INC Jagat Singh Negi

Campaigns

Aam Aadmi Party

On 6 April 2022, AAP held a roadshow in Mandi with Delhi CM Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.[42][43] Surjeet Thakur was appointed as President of the state unit in June 2022.[44]

Manifesto

 
 

AAP promised 300 units of free electricity to every household, if AAP comes to power.[45]



Aam Aadmi Party published its 10 promises as guarantees of jobs for all youth, unemployment allowance, an advisory board for traders, end of "inspector rule", and corruption-free administration.[46]


  • Employment: jobs for all youth. AAP promised six lakh government jobs for the youth. AAP will bring laws against exam paper leak, conducting all recruitment exams on time, and jobs will be given on merit, not recommendations.[47]  

    • Unemployment allowance of ₹3000.[47][46]
      • 

    • Implementation of the Old Pension Scheme.
    • 

  • Agriculture: Minimum Support price (MSP) for agricultural products. controlled atmosphere stores, markets, and food processing units; pesticides and fertilizers at cheap rates; Establish apple packaging manufacturing unit.[47]
    • 

  • Traders: an advisory board for traders, end of raid raj and "inspector rule", An amnesty scheme for VAT refund. Single window clearance system for tourism projects[46][47]
    • 

  • Corruption-free administration, door step delivery of public services.[47]
    • 

  • Free Healthcare: Mohalla clinics similar to Delhi and free healthcare.[48]
    • 

  • Free Education: Free education for all till tenth standard.[49] Making temporary teacher posts permanent. Building more schools with quality education. Prevent private schools from exorbitantly raising fees.
    • 

  • Women: A monthly allowance of ₹1000 to all women in Himachal Pradesh and double to women above the age of 65.[50][51]
    • 

  • ₹10 lakh annual grant to Panchayats and ₹10,000 salary for panchayat pradhans.[47]
    • 

  • Free pilgrimage scheme[47]
    • 

  • ₹1 crore compensation for soldiers killed in the line of duty.[47]







    
Bharatiya Janata Party

    

The BJP has launched ‘Mission Repeat’ with an aim to retain power in the State. BJP leader and PM Narendra Modi held two rallies in Una and Chamba and also inaugurated various projects in state.[52]



BJP has also launched website to seek suggestions for its manifesto.[53]



On 30 October, 30 campaigners of the party held simultaneous rallies in all 68 constituencies.[54]







    
Manifesto

    


  • Youth: BJP promised the "Him Startup" scheme, with a corpus of ₹900 crore for the youth of the state.
    • 

  • Employment: Amid criticism by the opposition for unemployment, it announced the created of 8 lakh job opportunities.
    • 

  • Health: Creation of 5 new medical colleges. Amount of mobile clinics in every assembly constituency will be doubled.
    • 

  • Road infrastructure: All-weather roads will connect all villages with an investment of ₹5,000 crore.
    • 

  • Education: Bicycles will be given to girls from class 6 to 12 to go to schools. Setting up of two girls hostels in every district.
    • 

  • Pilgrimage: Under the "Shakti" scheme, ₹12,000 crore will be spent over 10 years to develop infrastructure and transportation around areas of religious significance.
    • 

  • Agriculture: An additional grant of ₹3,000 annually under the PM - Kisan Nidhi Yojna, 10 lakh farmers will be added to the program.
    • 

  • Investigation of Waqf properties as per law under a judicial commission.
    • 

  • Salaries: Discrepancies in disbursal of salaries to government workers will be removed.
    • 

  • Increased compensation to soldiers' kin killed in the line of duty.
    • 

  • GST will be limited to 12% for apple growers.
    • 

  • Implementation of the Uniform Civil Code.[55]







    
Indian National Congress

     

From August 17 to 22, the Indian National Congress organized demonstrations throughout Himachal Pradesh as a part of its "Mehangai Chaupal". The block units of the Himachal PCC protested in all the 68 constituencies against price rise and inflation. The protests were a part of the wider "Halla Bol" demonstrations organized by the Congress against the BJP-led government in Delhi.[56][57][58]



On 31 August 2022, the Indian National Congress launched its manifesto with its 10 guarantees in Himachal Ka Sankalp.[59][60]



On 14 October 2022, Congress started its campaign with its "Parivartan Pratigya Rally" in Solan with senior Congress leaders, Priyanka Gandhi, Pratibha Singh, Mukesh Agnihotri, and Bhupesh Baghel.[61]



On 4 November 2022, Priyanka Gandhi addressed a rally in Nagrota Bagwan, Kangra. She promised 1 lakh government jobs and restoration of the Old Pension Scheme in the first cabinet meeting if the Congress comes to power.[62]







    
Manifesto

    

  • Employment: Congress promised 5 lakh jobs to Himachal Pradesh youth[63] out of which 1 lakh government jobs would be given in the first meeting of the cabinet after the formation of the government[64][65] amid the country-wide unemployment crisis.[66][67][68]
    • 

  • Youth: Implementation of a Rs 680 crore startup fund, for which ₹10 crore would be provided to all assembly segments in the State. Interest free loans to youth would also be given.[64][69]



  • Healthcare: Congress promised to create free mobile clinics and upgrade health facilities as a part of its 10 guarantees in Himachal Ka Sankalp.[70][64] Mobile clinics will be opened in all villages.[65]



  • Education: Quality education with English medium schools in assembly segments.[69]



  • Agriculture: Congress promised to buy 10 litres of milk from locals who own cows and buffaloes besides purchasing cow dung for Rs 2 per kg. Apple orchardists, who have been growing increasingly restless due to diminishing returns, have been told that they would be given the freedom to fix the right price for their fruits. It has also promised fair prices for crops and fruits[71][64]



  • Electricity: Free electricity up to 300 units monthly for all households.[64]



  • Women: Monthly ₹1500 financial assistance to women aged 18-60 years[69]
    • 

  • Senior Citizens: Congress promised reimplementation of the Old Pension Scheme, which it did in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.[64] Citizens above 75 years of age will be given special social security pension.[65]
    • 

  • Tourism: A new policy will be started to promote tourism in villages, "Smart Village" project will be started.[65]








    
Surveys and polls

    

    

    
Opinion polls

    






Active Parties



  Bharatiya Janata Party



  Indian National Congress



  Aam Aadmi Party



  Others






Polling firm/Commissioner
Date published




Lead



BJP
INC
AAP
Others



ABP News-CVoter[72]
2 October 2022
45.2%
33.9%
9.5%
11.4%
11.3%



ABP News-CVoter[73]
14 October 2022
46.0%
35.2%
6.3%
12.5%
10.8%



India TV-Matrize[74]
4 November 2022
46%
42%
2%
10%
4%



ABP News-CVoter[75]
9 November 2022
44.8%
44.2%
3.3%
11.4%
0.6%







Polling firm/Commissioner
Date published




Lead



BJP
INC
AAP
Others



ABP News-CVoter[72]
2 October 2022
37-45
21-29
0-1
0-3
16



ABP News-CVoter[73]
14 October 2022
38-46
20-28
0-1
0-2
18



India TV-Matrize[74]
4 November 2022
41
25
0
2
16



ABP News-CVoter[75]
9 November 2022
31-39
29-37
0-1
0-3
HUNG









    
Exit polls

    

The Election Commission of India prohibited the conduct of any exit poll and publishing the result of exit polls from 12 November 2022 and 6:30 PM on 5 December 2022. Accordingly, these exit polls were released on the evening of 5 December.




Active Parties



  Bharatiya Janata Party



  Indian National Congress



  Aam Aadmi Party



  Others






Polling agency







BJP
INC
AAP
Others



Aaj Tak-Axis My India
24-34
30-40
0
4-8



ABP News-CVoter
33-41
24-32
0
0-4



India TV-Matrize
35-40
26-31
0
0-3



News 24-Today's Chanakya
33
33
0
2



NewsX-Jan Ki Baat
32-40
27-34
0
1-2



Republic TV-P MARQ
34-39
28-33
0-1
1-4



Times Now-ETG
34-42
24-32
0
1-3



TV9 Gujarati
33
31
0
4



Zee News-BARC
35-40
20-25
0-3
1-5



Poll of Polls (Average)
35
30
0
3



Actual Result
25
40
0
3










    
Voter turnout

    

The voter turnout of 75.60% was recorded in Himachal Pradesh as per provisional data.[76][77]





District
Seats
Turnout (%)



Chamba
5
73.90



Kangra
15
71.91



Lahaul and Spiti
1
73.74



Kullu
4
76.98



Mandi
10
75.31



Hamirpur
5
71.80



Una
5
76.91



Bilaspur
4
76.44



Solan
5
77.08



Sirmaur
5
79.91



Shimla
8
72.95



Kinnaur
1
72.56



Total
68
75.60





    


    
Results

    

The Indian National Congress emerged victorious with 40 seats, whereas the Bharatiya Janata Party fell down to 25 seats. Notably, the BJP lost all of its seats in union minister Anurag Thakur's home district Hamirpur to the Congress and 1 independent.[78] 8 cabinet ministers in the BJP government lost their seats.[79] 3 BJP rebels won as independents.[80] On the other hand, lone CPI(M) MLA Rakesh Singha lost his seat to Congress candidate Kuldeep Singh Rathore.[81]



    

    
Results by alliance and party

    



Party
INC
BJP
Oth



Seats
40
25
3




























Vote Share by alliance


  INC (43.90%)
  BJP (43.00%)
  IND (9.7%)
  AAP (1.1%)
  Other (2.3%)









Party
Popular vote
Seats



Votes
%
±pp
Contested
Won
+/−




Indian National Congress
18,52,504
43.90
Increase 2.22
68
40
Increase 19




Bharatiya Janata Party
18,14,530
43.00
Decrease 5.79
68
25
Decrease 19




Aam Aadmi Party
46,270
1.10
Increase 1.10
67
0
Steady




Communist Party of India (Marxist)
27,817
0.66
Decrease 0.81
11
0
Decrease 1




Rashtriya Devbhumi Party
25,861
0.61
Increase
29
0
Steady




Bahujan Samaj Party
14,613
0.35
Decrease 0.2
53
0
Steady




Independents
40,92,73
9.7
Increase

3
Increase 1




Others
3906
0.09








NOTA
24,861
0.59





Total
42,19,635
100%








Valid votes
42,19,635





Invalid votes





Votes cast/ turnout
42,38,412
75.78



Abstentions





Registered voters
55,92,828




Source: Election Commission of India[82]
























Seat Share


  INC (58.82%)
  BJP (36.76%)
  Others (4.41%)












    
Results by division

    



Division
Seats
INC
BJP
Others



Kangra
25
16
8
1



Mandi
24
9
14
1



Shimla
19
15
3
1



Total
68
40
25
3









    
Results by district

    



Division
District
Seats
INC
BJP
Others



Kangra
Chamba
5
2
3
0



Kangra
15
10
4
1



Una
5
4
1
0



Mandi
Lahaul and Spiti
1
1
0
0



Kullu
4
2
2
0



Mandi
10
1
9
0



Hamirpur
5
4
0
1



Bilaspur
4
1
3
0



Shimla
Solan
5
4
0
1



Sirmaur
5
3
2
0



Shimla
8
7
1
0



Kinnaur
1
1
0
0



Total
68
40
25
3









    
Results by constituency

    



Constituency
Winner[83]
Runner Up
Margin



#
Name
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Candidate
Party
Votes
%



Chamba district



1
Churah (SC)
Hans Raj

BJP
32,095
51.49
Yashwant Singh

INC
29,453
47.26
2,642



2
Bharmour (ST)
Janak Raj

BJP
30,336
53.68
Thakur Singh Bharmouri

INC
25,164
44.53
5,172



3
Chamba
Neeraj Nayar

INC
32,783
53.28
Neelam Nayyar

BJP
25,001
40.63
7,782



4
Dalhousie
Dhavinder Singh Thakur

BJP
33,488
57.49
Asha Kumari

INC
23,570
40.47
9,918



5
Bhattiyat
Kuldeep Singh Pathania

INC
25,989
43.73
Bikram Singh

BJP
24,422
41.10
1,567



Kangra district



6
Nurpur
Ranbir Singh

BJP
44,132
62.45
Ajay Mahajan

INC
25,380
35.92
18,752



7
Indora (SC)
Malender Rajan

INC
30,797
45.55
Reeta Devi

BJP
28,547
42.22
2,250



8
Fatehpur
Bhawani Singh Pathania

INC
33,238
51.83
Rakesh Pathania

BJP
25,884
40.36
7,354



9
Jawali
Chander Kumar

INC
38,243
51.22
Sanjay Guleria

BJP
35,212
47.16
3,031



10
Dehra
Hoshyar Singh

Ind
22,997
37.96
Rajesh Sharma

INC
19,120
31.56
3,877



11
Jaswan-Pragpur
Bikram Singh

BJP
22,658
38.27
Surinder Singh Mankotia

INC
20,869
35.25
1,789



12
Jawalamukhi
Sanjay Rattan

INC
27,827
46.48
Ravinder Singh

BJP
21,423
35.78
6,404



13
Jaisinghpur (SC)
Yadvinder Goma

INC
28,058
50.43
Ravinder Kumar Dhiman

BJP
25,362
45.58
2,696



14
Sullah
Vipin Singh Parmar

BJP
36,670
48.35
Jagjiwan Paul

Ind
29,558
38.97
7,112



15
Nagrota
R.S. Bali

INC
42,079
59.88
Arun Kumar

BJP
26,187
37.26
15,892



16
Kangra
Pawan Kumar Kajal

BJP
35,239
55.64
Surinder Kumar

INC
15,405
24.32
19,834



17
Shahpur
Kewal Singh

INC
36,603
55.39
Sarveen Choudhary

BJP
24,360
36.86
12,243



18
Dharamshala
Sudhir Sharma

INC
27,323
45.53
Rakesh Kumar

BJP
24,038
40.06
3,285



19
Palampur
Ashish Butail

INC
30,874
53.72
Trilok Kapoor

BJP
25,546
44.45
5,328



20
Baijnath (SC)
Kishori Lal

INC
29,338
50.32
Mulkh Raj

BJP
25,892
44.41
3,446



Lahaul and Spiti district



21
Lahaul and Spiti (ST)
Ravi Thakur

INC
9,948
52.91
Ram Lal Markanda

BJP
8,332
44.32
1,616



Kullu district



22
Manali
Bhuvaneshwar Gaur

INC
29,892
49.46
Govind Singh Thakur

BJP
26,935
44.57
2,957



23
Kullu
Surinder Singh Thakur

INC
30,286
42.56
Narottam Singh

BJP
26,183
36.79
4,103



24
Banjar
Surender Shourie

BJP
25,038
40.44
Khimi Ram

INC
20,704
33.44
4,334



25
Anni (SC)
Lokender Kumar

BJP
24,133
35.77
Paras Ram

Ind
17,355
25.72
6,778



Mandi district



26
Karsog (SC)
Deepraj Kapoor

BJP
34,512
57.36
Mahesh Raj

INC
23,978
39.85
10,534



27
Sundernagar
Rakesh Jamwal

BJP
29,432
44.16
Sohan Lal

INC
21,307
31.97
8,125



28
Nachan (SC)
Vinod Kumar

BJP
33,200
46.40
Naresh Kumar

INC
24,244
33.88
8,956



29
Seraj
Jai Ram Thakur

BJP
53,562
75.70
Chet Ram

INC
15,379
21.74
38,183



30
Darang
Puran Chand Thakur

BJP
36,572
49.76
Kaul Singh Thakur

INC
35,954
48.92
618



31
Jogindernagar
Prakash Prem Kumar Rana

BJP
33,782
47.87
Surender Paul Thakur

INC
29,443
41.73
4,339



32
Dharampur
Chander Shekhar Thakur

INC
31,063
51.90
Rajat Thakur

BJP
28,037
46.84
3,026



33
Mandi
Anil Sharma

BJP
31,303
53.37
Champa Thakur

INC
21.297
36.31
10,006



34
Balh (SC)
Inder Singh

BJP
31,792
49.12
Prakash Chaudhary

INC
30,485
47.1
1,307



35
Sarkaghat
Dalip Thakur

BJP
27,346
42.89
Pawan Kumar

INC
25,539
40.05
1,807



Hamirpur district



36
Bhoranj (SC)
Suresh Kumar

INC
24,779
43.16
Dr. Anil Dhaman

BJP
24,719
43.05
60



37
Sujanpur
Rajinder Rana

INC
27,679
49.79
Ranjit Singh Rana

BJP
27,280
49.07
399



38
Hamirpur
Ashish Sharma

Ind
25,916
47.09
Pushpinder Vwema

INC
13,017
23.65
12,899



39
Barsar
Inderdutt Lakhanpal

INC
30,293
48.16
Maya Sharma

BJP
16.501
26.23
13,792



40
Nadaun
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

INC
36,142
50.88
Vijay Kumar

BJP
32,779
46.14
3,363



Una district



41
Chintpurni (SC)
Sudarshan Singh Babloo

INC
32,712
52.7
Balbir Singh

BJP
27,854
44.87
4,858



42
Gagret
Chaitanya Sharma

INC
40,767
61.15
Rajesh Thakur

BJP
25,082
37.62
15,685



43
Haroli
Mukesh Agnihotri

INC
38,652
55.33
Ram Kumar

BJP
29,504
42.23
9,148



44
Una
Satpal Singh Satti

BJP
33,974
50.05
Satpal Raizada

INC
32,238
47.49
1,736



45
Kutlehar
Davinder Kumar Bhutto

INC
36,636
54.84
Virender Kanwar

BJP
29,057
43.49
7,579



Bilaspur district



46
Jhanduta (SC)
Jeet Ram Katwal

BJP
28,268
46.72
Vivek Kumar

INC
22.469
37.14
5,799



47
Ghumarwin
Rajesh Dharmani

INC
35,378
51.96
Rajinder Garg

BJP
29,767
43.72
5,611



48
Bilaspur
Trilok Jamwal

BJP
30,988
47.76
Bumber Thakur

INC
30,712
47.34
276



49
Sri Naina Deviji
Randhir Sharma

BJP
29,403
47.23
Ram Lal Thakur

INC
29,232
46.96
171



Solan district



50
Arki
Sanjay Awasthy

INC
30,897
42.02
Rajender

Ind
26,075
35.46
4,822



51
Nalagarh
K. L. Thakur

Ind
33,427
44.51
Hardeep Singh Bhawa

INC
20,163
26.85
13,264



52
Doon
Ram Kumar

INC
32,038
51.89
Paramjeet Singh Pammi

BJP
25,227
40.86
6,811



53
Solan (SC)
Dhani Ram Shandil

INC
30,089
51.54
Rajesh Kashyap

BJP
26,231
44.39
3,858



54
Kasauli (SC)
Vinod Sultanpuri

INC
28,200
52.1
Rajiv Saizal

BJP
21,432
39.6
6,768



Sirmaur district



55
Pachhad (SC)
Reena Kashyap

BJP
21,215
34.52
Dayal Pyari

INC
17,358
28.25
3,857



56
Nahan
Ajay Solanki

INC
35,291
50.08
Rajeev Bindal

BJP
33,652
47.75
1,639



57
Sri Renukaji (SC)
Vinay Kumar

INC
28,642
47.99
Narain Singh

BJP
27,782
46.55
860



58
Paonta Sahib
Sukh Ram Chaudhary

BJP
31,008
46.93
Kirnesh Jung

INC
22,412
33.92
8,596



59
Shillai
Harshwardhan Chauhan

INC
32,093
49.17
Baldev Singh Tomar

BJP
31,711
48.58
382



Shimla district



60
Chopal
Balbir Singh Verma

BJP
25,873
41.58
Rajneesh Kimta

INC
20,840
33.49
5,033



61
Theog
Kuldeep Singh Rathore

INC
19,447
29.47
Ajay Shyam

BJP
14,178
21.49
5,269



62
Kasumpti
Anirudh Singh

INC
25,759
55.43
Suresh Bhardwaj

BJP
17,104
36.81
8,655



63
Shimla
Harish Janartha

INC
15,803
51.35
Sanjay Sood

BJP
12,766
41.48
3,037



64
Shimla Rural
Vikramaditya Singh

INC
35,269
60.19
Ravi Kumar Mehta

BJP
21,409
36.54
13,860



65
Jubbal-Kotkhai
Rohit Thakur

INC
31,393
52.65
Chetan Singh Bragta

BJP
26,324
44.15
5,069



66
Rampur (SC)
Nand Lal

INC
28,397
49.07
Kaul Singh

BJP
27,830
48.09
567



67
Rohru (SC)
Mohan Lal Brakta

INC
34,327
61.90
Shashi Bala

BJP
14,988
27.03
19,339



Kinnaur district



68
Kinnaur  (ST)
Jagat Singh Negi

INC
20,696
46.95
Surat Negi

BJP
13.732
31.15
6,964










    
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