2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election explained

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh in 2003.

Election Name:2003 Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election
Country:India
Type:Legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:1998
Next Election:2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:2007
Seats For Election:All 68 assembly constituencies
Election Date:2003
Turnout:73.51%
Leader1:Virbhadra Singh
Party1:Indian National Congress
Leaders Seat1:Rohru
Seats Before1:31
Seats1:43
Seat Change1:12
Popular Vote1:1,447,319
Percentage1:41%
Swing1:2.51%
Leader2:Prem Kumar Dhumal
Party2:Bharatiya Janata Party
Leaders Seat2:Bamsan
Seats Before2:31
Seats2:16
Seat Change2:15
Popular Vote2:1,300,756
Percentage2:35.38%
Swing2:3.62%
Chief Minister
Before Election:Prem Kumar Dhumal
After Election:Virbhadra Singh
Before Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
After Party:Indian National Congress
Majority Seats:35

Results

RankPartySeats
contested
Seats
won
% votes
1684341
2681635.38
368612.60
44915.87
52711
61412.17
Total 68
Source: ECI[1]

Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)
MemberPartyVoteRunner-up Candidates NamePartyvote
KinnaurST Jagat Singh 19052Tejwant Singh11646
RampurSC Singhi Ram 27757Brij Lal10510
RohruNone Virbhadra Singh 32617Khushi Ram Balnahta15328
Jubbal-kotkhaiNone Rohit Thakur 21884Narinder Singh15040
ChopalNone Subhash Chand 10910Yogendra Chandra8339
KumarsainNone Vidya Stokes 17600Parmod Kumar Sharma13329
TheogNone Rakesh Verma 19869Rajinder Verma16510
SimlaNone Harbhajan Singh Bhajji 12060Sanjay Chauhan9949
KasumptiSC Sohan Lal 16972Roop Dass Kashyap13487
ArkiNone Dharam Pal Thakur 15933Govind Ram Sharma14890
DoonNone Lajja Ram 17297Vinod Kumari14877
NalagarhNone Hari Naraian Singh 22892Sukriti Kumari19809
KasauliSC Raghu Raj 17886Virender Kashyap14127
SolanNone Dr. Rajeev Bindal 15332Mohinder Nath Sofat13973
PachhadSC Gangu Ram Musafir 21671Ram Prakash20385
RainkaSC Dr. Prem Singh 19948Balbir Singh13614
ShillaiNone Harsh Wardhan 17326Jagat Singh9902
Paonta DoonNone Sukh Ram 22647Kirnesh Jung16785
NahanNone Sadanand Chauhan 14551Kush Parmar13360
Kot-kehloorNone Thakur Ram Lal 19509Randheer Kumar16507
BilaspurNone Tilak Raj 22868Jagat Prakash Nadda20142
GhumarwinNone Karam Dev Dharmani 20609Kashmir Singh17202
GeharwinSC Dr. Beeru Ram Kishore 21512Rikhi Ram Kondal19958
NadaunNone Sukhvinder Singh 14379Prabhat Chand9794
HamirpurNone Anita Verma 20749Urmil Thakur13884
BamsanNone Prem Kumar Dhumal 29325Kuldeep Singh Pathania13627
MewaSC Ishwar Dass Dhiman 22778Suresh Kumar21449
NadauntaNone Baldev Sharma 23796Vidya Kumari11235
GagretSC Kuldeep Kumar 23297Balbir Singh16119
ChintpurniNone Rakesh Kalia 26581Praveen Sharma15640
SantokgarhNone Mukesh Agnihotri 16360Jagroop Singh11336
UnaNone Satpal Singh Satti 27651Virender Gautam27600
KutleharNone Virender Kumar 12380Saroj Thakur8464
NurpurNone Sat Mahajan 32049Rakesh Pathania22450
GangathSC Bodh Raj 24499Des Raj22220
JawaliNone Sujan Singh 27147Rajan Sushant21314
GulerNone Chander Kumar 21936Harbans Singh16002
JaswanNone Bikram Singh 17180Viplove Thakur14994
PragpurSC Naveen Dhiman 16585Yog Raj12359
JawalamukhiNone Ramesh Chand 22459Sanjay Rattan8730
ThuralNone Ravinder Singh 19278Jagdish Chand Sepehia16467
RajgirSC Atma Ram 15018Dr.Milkhi Ram Goma13763
BaijnathNone Sudhir Sharma 22371Dulo Ram16132
PalampurNone Brij Behari Lal 24333Parveen Kumar17090
SulahNone Jagjiwan Paul 23851Bipan Singh Parmar12921
NagrotaNone G.s. Bali 27925Ch.Ram Chand Bhatia17531
ShahpurNone Major Vijay Singh Mankotia 24572Sarveen Chaudhary20276
DharamsalaNone Chandresh Kumari 22181Kishan Kapoor17063
KangraNone Surinder Kumar 18836Rattan Lal Jagtamba13803
BhattiyatNone Kuldip Singh Pathania 13948Bhupinder Singh Chauhan11722
BanikhetNone Asha Kumari 24348Renu Chadha23488
RajnagarSC Surinder Bhardwaj 20613Mohan Lal17301
ChambaNone Harsh Mahajan 21829B.K.Chauhan19642
BharmourST Thakar Singh 21869Tulsi Ram12177
Lahaul And SpitiST Raghbir Singh 9458Dr.Ram Lal Markanda4690
KuluNone Raj Krishan Gour 21547Govind Singh Thakur14277
BanjarNone Khimi Ram 30842Satya Parkash Thakur26300
AniSC Ishwar Dass 22978Tej Ram15385
KarsogSC Mast Ram 19124Joginder Pal13213
ChachiotNone Jai Ram Thakur 21040Shiv Lal13452
NachanSC Tek Chand 17479Dile Ram15869
SundernagarNone Sohan Lal Thakur 20248Roop Singh15610
BalhSC Damodar Dass 18392Prakash Chaudhary18204
GopalpurNone Rangila Ram Rao 20959Col.Inder Singh18440
DharampurNone Mohinder Singh 16854Karamvir12944
Joginder NagarNone Surender Pal 24518Gulab Singh17981
DarangNone Kaul Singh 27508Ramesh Chand20668
MandiNone Sukh Ram 23816Durga Dutt11426

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2003 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH . https://web.archive.org/web/20120117194636/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_HP.pdf . 17 January 2012 .