2019 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh explained

Election Name:2019 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2014 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh
Previous Year:2014
Next Election:2024 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh
Next Year:2024
Election Date:19 May 2019
Seats For Election:All 4 Himachal Pradesh seats in Lok Sabha
Party1:Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance1:National Democratic Alliance (India)
Last Election1:4
Seats1:4
Percentage1:69.11%
Swing1:16.11%
Party2:Indian National Congress
Alliance2:United Progressive Alliance
Last Election2:0
Seats2:0
Percentage2:27.30%
Swing2:13.70%
Turnout:72.42% (7.97%)

The 2019 Indian general election held in India on 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.[1]

Candidates

Major election candidates are:[2]

NoConstituencyCandidates
BJPINC
1KangraKishan KapoorPawan Kajal
2MandiRam Swaroop SharmaAshray Sharma
3HamirpurAnurag ThakurRam Lal Thakur
4Shimla (SC)Suresh Kumar KashyapDhani Ram Shandil

Results

NoConstituencyTurnout[3] WinnerPartyVotesRunner UpPartyVotesMargin
1Kangra70.73 Kishan Kapoor7,25,218Pawan Kajal2,47,5954,77,623
2Mandi73.60 Ram Swaroop Sharma6,47,189Ashray Sharma2,41,7304,05,559
3Hamirpur72.83 Anurag Thakur6,82,292Ram Lal Thakur2,83,1203,99,572
4Shimla (SC)72.68 Suresh Kumar Kashyap6,06,183Dhani Ram Shandil2,78,6683,27,515

Assembly segments wise lead of parties

PartyPosition in Assembly
(as of 2017 election)
Assembly segment
leads (in 2019)
Position in Assembly
(as of 2022 election)
446825
2140
1
Others23
Total68

References

  1. News: General election will be held in 2019 as per schedule, says Rajnath Singh. Singh. Vijaita. 2018-09-01. The Hindu. 2019-01-04. en-IN. 0971-751X.
  2. Web site: Lok Sabha elections: BJP list of candidates for 2019. 26 March 2019. Indian Express. 28 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Final Voter turnout of Phase 1 to Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Election Commission of India. en-IN. 2019-05-20.