2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:2012 Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election
Country:India
Type:Legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:2007
Next Election:2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:2017
Seats For Election:All 68 assembly constituencies
Election Date:4 November 2012
Turnout:73.51%
Leader1:Virbhadra Singh
Party1:Indian National Congress
Leaders Seat1:Shimla Rural
Seats Before1:23
Seats1:36
Seat Change1:13
Popular Vote1:1,447,319
Percentage1:42.81%
Swing1:3.91%
Leader2:Prem Kumar Dhumal
Party2:Bharatiya Janata Party
Leaders Seat2:Hamirpur
Seats Before2:42
Seats2:26
Seat Change2:16
Popular Vote2:1,300,756
Percentage2:38.47%
Swing2:5.31%
Chief Minister
Before Election:Prem Kumar Dhumal
After Election:Virbhadra Singh
Before Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
After Party:Indian National Congress
Majority Seats:35

The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2012 was held in Himachal Pradesh, India in 2012 after the five-year term of the incumbent state legislature and government expired following the assembly elections of 2007. The election chose 68 MLAs to the Vidhan Sabha. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote, and Virbhadra Singh was reappointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for his fourth term.

Background

Himachal Pradesh leads various socio-economic parameters amongst Indian states. Himachal Pradesh has a low female fertility rate (1.9 children per woman) due to which the population of the state is likely to decline in the coming decades. Almost 90% of Himachal Pradesh is well equipped with electricity. The state has a high sex ratio of 999 females per thousand males. It ranks fifth in the literacy rate which is 83.78%, higher than the national rate. It ranks fourth in life expectancy at 67 years,[1] higher than the national rate of 65.4 years.[2]

The legislative assembly has 68 seats, 42 of which were won by the BJP in the previous election.[3]

Schedule

Elections took place in HP on 4 November, and results were declared on 20 December.

Campaign

The BJP attempted to seek another term for CM Prem Kumar Dhumal led the campaign. The Congress suffered a massive setback after its star campaigner in HP, ex-minister Virbhadra Singh, was indicted for corruption and scams and was forced to be dismissed from the Union cabinet.

Issues

The BJP president Satish Chandra announced that the next assembly polls would be fought under Manish's command and claimed charges of corruption against the state government are baseless and politically motivated. BJP general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP from HP, J. P. Nadda, and co-in-charge of the party affairs in HP, Shyam Jaju, have said, "All is well with the Dhumal government and the charges of corruption leveled against the government have no substance and are found to be baseless". The HP state government's performance had been rated very high compared to several other states and Dhumal enjoyed a high approval rating as well as is much admired by the people of the state for having delivered good governance and inclusive growth.

Senior BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP from HP, Shanta Kumar, considered to be a critic of Dhumal, had indicated that he would continue to work for the party with dedication always, and would campaign for the victory of the party in the coming assembly polls. He has gone on record to mention that no BJP leader has any role in controversial land deals and that there is no proof of corruption by any government functionary.[4]

Some BJP dissidents who were dissatisfied with Dhumal's functioning and the nonchalance of the BJP high command to their request to enquire into Dhumal's corruption, or were finding themselves squeezed out of power had formed the Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP) party.[5] However, senior BJP leaders had strongly mentioned that HLP dissidents had no "genuine grouse" and left the party for "extraneous" personal reasons. They said that the rebels have been leveling allegations of corruption against the state government with no substantive evidence. BJP leaders have expressed concern about the feelings of all those who are in the party and are working to remove their misgivings. BJP had started "Mission Repeat 2012" in which they got sufficient information about the functioning of the party and the government and found that the people were generally happy and satisfied.[6] Himachal Pradesh 2016 panchayat and Zilla Parishad election results are to be announced on 7 January 2016 for 10 districts of the state for the ward members election and for president election(electing the president for the ward members).[7]

Election

Constituencies

Constituency
number		Namefont-size:75%;"Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)[8] 		Districtfont-size:75%;"Electors
(2012)[9] [10] 		font-size:75%;"Lok Sabha
constituency[11] [12]
1SCChamba59,909Kangra
2STChamba62,584Mandi
3NoneChamba66,983Kangra
4NoneChamba58,803Kangra
5NoneChamba63,719Kangra
6NoneKangra73,605Kangra
7SCKangra73,046Kangra
8NoneKangra71,362Kangra
9NoneKangra80,230Kangra
10NoneKangra69,138Hamirpur
11NoneKangra66,693Hamirpur
12NoneKangra63,906Kangra
13SCKangra71,973Himachal
14NoneKangra87,091Kangra
15NoneKangra73,578Kangra
16NoneKangra66,763Kangra
17NoneKangra71,430Kangra
18NoneKangra62,727Kangra
19NoneKangra62,593Kangra
20SCKangra73,168Kangra
21STLahaul and Spiti22,077Mandi
22NoneKullu59,876Mandi
23NoneKullu72,473Mandi
24NoneKullu60,076Mandi
25SCKullu70,338Mandi
26SCMandi60,000Mandi
27NoneMandi66,482Mandi
28SCMandi69,782Mandi
29NoneMandi67,549Mandi
30NoneMandi71,977Mandi
31NoneMandi83,449Mandi
32NoneMandi67,430Mandi
33NoneMandi63,727Mandi
34SCMandi64,741Mandi
35NoneMandi75,777Mandi
36SCHamirpur70,601Hamirpur
37NoneHamirpur64,208Hamirpur
38NoneHamirpur65,202Hamirpur
39NoneHamirpur74,950Hamirpur
40NoneHamirpur79,759Hamirpur
41SCUna70,998Hamirpur
42NoneUna68,803Hamirpur
43NoneUna70,192Hamirpur
44NoneUna69,527Hamirpur
45NoneUna71,008Hamirpur
46SCBilaspur65,435Hamirpur
47NoneBilaspur73,614Hamirpur
48NoneBilaspur70,587Hamirpur
49Sri Naina DevijiNoneBilaspur60,521Hamirpur
50NoneSolan75,692Shimla
51NoneSolan73,888Shimla
52NoneSolan52,466Shimla
53SCSolan70,764Shimla
54SCSolan56,296Shimla
55SCSirmour61,605Shimla
56NoneSirmour65,821Shimla
57SCSirmour57,058Shimla
58NoneSirmour63,743Shimla
59NoneSirmour56,307Shimla
60NoneShimla64,056Shimla
61NoneShimla72,997Shimla
62NoneShimla56,991Shimla
63NoneShimla48,263Shimla
64NoneShimla66,858Shimla
65NoneShimla61,657Shimla
66SCShimla65,088Shimla
67SCShimla63,603Shimla
68STKinnaur50,076Mandi

Results

The results were declared on 20 December 2012. Congress defeated BJP and won an outright majority by winning 36 of the 68 seats under the leadership of Virbhadra Singh thus proving most of the pollsters and exit polls wrong, which had predicted a photo-finish. The BJP lagged far behind with just 26 seats in its kitty whereas its breakaway faction HLP won just 1 seat.

The Congress won despite some 'unpopular' decisions made by the Congress-led Central government days before the election as part of its economic reforms, and the victory is likely to boost such reforms by the Centre.

Both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh had BJP governments and went to the polls together. But unlike Gujarat, where the BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi retained power by winning a massive 115 out of 182 seats, in Himachal Pradesh, the Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP lost due to a huge anti-incumbency wave arising mainly out of corruption and lack of good governance.

Cong veteran leader Virbhadra Singh takes oath for record sixth term as Himachal chief minister at historic Ridge ground in Shimla on 25 December 2012.

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Results by District

DistrictTotal SeatsINCBJPOTH
Chamba 5230
Kangra15103 2
Lahaul and Spiti110 0
Kullu421 1
Mandi1055 0
Hamirpur5131
Una532 0
Bilaspur422 0
Solan5230
Sirmaur513 1
Shimla861 1
110 0
Total 68 36266

Results by Constituency

S. No.ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMargin
CandidatePartydata-sort-type="number" VotesCandidatePartydata-sort-type="number" Votes
Chamba District
1Churah (SC)Hans Rajbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP24,978Surender Bhardwajbgcolor=#00BFFF INC22,7672,211
2Bharmour (ST)Thakur Singh Bharmouribgcolor=#00BFFF INC24,751Jai Lalbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP21,2843,467
3ChambaB.K. Chauhanbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP19,714Neeraj Nayarbgcolor=#00BFFF INC17,7801,934
4DalhousieAsha Kumaribgcolor=#00BFFF INC25,541Renubgcolor=#FF9933 BJP18,1767,365
5BhattiyatBikram Singh Jaryalbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP18,098Kuldeep Singh Pathaniabgcolor=#00BFFF INC17,987111
Kangra District
6NurpurAjay Mahajanbgcolor=#00BFFF INC26,546Rakesh Pathaniabgcolor=#DDDDDD IND23,1793,367
7Indora (SC)Manohar Dhimanbgcolor=#DDDDDD IND21,424Kamal Kishorebgcolor=#00BFFF INC14,0557,369
8FatehpurSujan Singh Pathaniabgcolor=#00BFFF INC18,662Baldev Thakurbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP11,4457,217
9JawaliNeeraj Bhartibgcolor=#00BFFF INC23,978Arjan Singhbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP19,3644,434
10DehraRavinder Singh Ravibgcolor=#FF9933 BJP24,463Yog Rajbgcolor=#DDDDDD IND9,17015,293
11Jaswan-PragpurBikram Singhbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP22,000Nikhil Rajourbgcolor=#00BFFF INC15,9076,093
12JawalamukhiSanjay Rattanbgcolor=#00BFFF INC24,929Ramesh Chandbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP20,9044,025
13Jaisinghpur (SC)Yadvinder Gomabgcolor=#00BFFF INC22,333Atma Rambgcolor=#FF9933 BJP12,4989,735
14SullahJagjivan Paulbgcolor=#00BFFF INC32,105Vipin Singh Parmarbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP27,6774,428
15NagrotaG. S. Balibgcolor=#00BFFF INC23,626Arun Kumarbgcolor=#DDDDDD IND20,8832,743
16KangraPawan Kumar Kajalbgcolor=#DDDDDD IND14,632Choudhary Surendar Kumarbgcolor=#00BFFF INC14,069563
17ShahpurSarveen Choudharybgcolor=#FF9933 BJP25,487Vijai Singhbgcolor=#00BFFF INC22,3643,123
18DharamshalaSudhir Sharmabgcolor=#00BFFF INC21,241Kishan Kapoorbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP16,2415,000
19PalampurBrij Behari Lal Butailbgcolor=#00BFFF INC23,341Parveen Kumarbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP14,3129,029
20Baijnath (SC)Kishori Lalbgcolor=#00BFFF INC21,878Mulkh Rajbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP15,2266,652
Lahaul and Spiti District
21Lahaul and Spiti (ST)Ravi Thakurbgcolor=#00BFFF INC10,187Ram Lal Markandabgcolor=#ff9933 BJP6,4913,696
Kullu District
22ManaliGovind Singh Thakurbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP17,465Hari Chand Sharmabgcolor=#00BFFF INC14,4473,198
23KulluMaheshwar SinghHLP18,582Ram Singhbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP15,5972,985
24BanjarKaran Singhbgcolor=#00BFFF INC29,622Khimi Rambgcolor=#FF9933 BJP20,3309,292
25Anni (SC)Khub Ranbgcolor=#00BFFF INC21,664Kishori Lalbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP20,0021,662
Mandi District
26Karsog (SC)Mansa Rambgcolor=#00BFFF INC18,978Hira Lalbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP14,6464,332
27SundernagarSohan Lalbgcolor=#00BFFF INC24,258Roop Singhbgcolor=#DDDDDD IND15,2688,990
28Nachan (SC)Vinod Kumarbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP22,924Tek Chand Dograbgcolor=#00BFFF INC19,9833,031
29SerajJai Ram Thakurbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP30,837Tara Thakurbgcolor=#00BFFF INC25,0855,752
30DarangKaul Singhbgcolor=#00BFFF INC28,325Jawahar Lalbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP26,0932,232
31JogindernagarGulab Singh Thakurbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP30,092Thakur Sunder Palbgcolor=#00BFFF INC24,1765,916
32DharampurMahender Singhbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP24,029Chandershekharbgcolor=#00BFFF INC22,9881,041
33MandiAnil Kumarbgcolor=#00BFFF INC20,866Durga Duttbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP16,9363,930
34Balh (SC)Prakash Chaudharybgcolor=#00BFFF INC20,043Colonel Inder Singhbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP16,9273,116
35SarkaghatColonel Inder Singhbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP26,722Rangila Ram Raobgcolor=#00BFFF INC24,5182,204
Hamirpur District
36Bhoranj (SC)Ishwar Dass Dhimanbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP27,323Suresh Chandbgcolor=#00BFFF INC16,90810,415
37SujanpurRajinder Singhbgcolor=#DDDDDD IND24,764Anita Vermabgcolor=#00bfff INC10,50814,166
38HamirpurPrem Kumar Dhumalbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP25,567Narinder Thakurbgcolor=#00BFFF INC16,2659,302
39BarsarInder Dutt Lakhanpalbgcolor=#00BFFF INC26,041Baldev Sharmabgcolor=#FF9933 BJP23,3832,658
40NadaunVijay Agnihotribgcolor=#FF9933 BJP31,035Sukhvinder Singh Sukhubgcolor=#00bfff INC24,5556,750
Una District
41Chintpurni (SC)Kuldip Kumarbgcolor=#00BFFF INC23,720Balbir Singhbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP23,282438
42GagretRakesh Kaliabgcolor=#00BFFF INC23,581Sushil Kumar Kaliabgcolor=#FF9933 BJP18,6844,897
43HaroliMukesh Agnihotribgcolor=#00BFFF INC28,875Ram Kumarbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP23,7035,172
44UnaSatpal Singh Sattibgcolor=#FF9933 BJP26,835Satpal Singh Raizadabgcolor=#00BFFF INC22,0894,746
45KutleharVirender Kanwarbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP26,028Ram Dassbgcolor=#00BFFF INC24,3361,692
Bilaspur District
46Jhanduta (SC)Rikhi Ram Kondalbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP22,941Beeru Ram Kishorebgcolor=#00BFFF INC21,7421,199
47GhumarwinRajesh Dharmanibgcolor=#00BFFF INC22,672Rajinder Gargbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP19,4643,208
48BilaspurBumber Thakurbgcolor=#00BFFF INC24,347Suresh Chandelbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP19,2065,141
49Sri Naina DevijiRandhir Sharmabgcolor=#FF9933 BJP24,598Ram Lal Thakurbgcolor=#00BFFF INC23,2131,385
Solan District
50ArkiGovind Ram Sharmabgcolor=#FF9933 BJP17,211Sanjaybgcolor=#00BFFF INC15,1362,075
51NalagarhKrishan Lal Thakurbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP35,341Lakhwinder Singh Ranabgcolor=#00BFFF INC26,0339,308
52DoonRam Kumarbgcolor=#00BFFF INC15,520Darshan SinghIND11,6903,830
53Solan (SC)Col. (Retd.) Dhani Ram Shandilbgcolor=#00BFFF INC24,250Kumari Sheelabgcolor=#FF9933 BJP19,7784,472
54Kasauli (SC)Rajiv Saizalbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP19,960Vinod Sultanpuribgcolor=#00BFFF INC19,93624
Sirmaur District
55Pachhad (SC)Suresh Kumar Kashyapbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP25,488Gangu Ram Musafirbgcolor=#00BFFF INC22,6632,625
56NahanDr. Rajeev Bindalbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP25,459Ksuh Parmarbgcolor=#00BFFF INC12,63512,824
57Sri Renukaji (SC)Vinay Kumarbgcolor=#00BFFF INC21,332Hridaya Rambgcolor=#FF9933 BJP20,677655
58Paonta SahibKirnesh Jungbgcolor=#dddddd IND23,713Sukh Rambgcolor=#ff9933 BJP22,923790
59ShillaiBaldev Singh Tomarbgcolor=#ff9933 BJP23,455Harshvardhan Chouhanbgcolor=#00bfff INC21,5371,918
Shimla District
60ChopalBalbir Singh Vermabgcolor=#dddddd IND22,056Dr.Subhash Chand Manglatebgcolor=#00BFFF INC21,409647
61TheogVidya Stokesbgcolor=#00BFFF INC21,478Rakesh Vermabgcolor=#FF9933 BJP17,2024,276
62KasumpatiAnirudh Singhbgcolor=#00BFFF INC16,929Prem Singhbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP7,0439,886
63ShimlaSuresh Bhardwajbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP11,563Harishbgcolor=#00BFFF INC10,935628
64Shimla RuralVirbhadra Singhbgcolor=#00BFFF INC28,892Ishwar Rohalbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP8,89220,000
65Jubbal-KotkhaiRohit Thakurbgcolor=#00BFFF INC29,219Narinder Bragtabgcolor=#FF9933 BJP20,1249,035
66Rampur (SC)Nand Lalbgcolor=#00BFFF INC27,925Prem Singh Daraikbgcolor=#FF9933 BJP18,4549,471
67Rohru (SC)Mohan Lal Braktabgcolor=#00BFFF INC34,465Balak Ram Negibgcolor=#FF9933 BJP6,05028,415
Kinnaur District
68Kinnaur (ST)Jagat Singh Negibgcolor=#00BFFF INC20,722Tejwant Singh Negibgcolor=#FF9933 BJP14,4346,288

Source : https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3812-himachal-pradesh-2012/

External links

Notes and References

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