2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:	2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Country:	India
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:	2017
Election Date:	12 November 2022
Next Election:	Next Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:	2027
Seats For Election:	All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:	35
Turnout:	75.78%^[1] (0.21 pp)
Party1:	INC
Leader1:	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Leaders Seat1:	Nadaun
Last Election1:	41.7%, 21 seats
Leader Since1:	2022
Seats1:	40
Seat Change1:	19
Party2:	Bharatiya Janata Party
Leader2:	Jai Ram Thakur
Leaders Seat2:	Seraj
Last Election2:	48.8%, 44 seats
Leader Since2:	2017
Seats2:	25
Seat Change2:	19
Chief Minister
Before Election:	Jai Ram Thakur
Before Party:	Bharatiya Janata Party
After Election:	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
After Party:	Indian National Congress
Popular Vote1:	1,852,504
Percentage1:	43.90%
Popular Vote2:	1,814,530
Percentage2:	43.00%
Swing2:	5.79 pp
Swing1:	2.22 pp
Map Size:	300px
Map2 Image:	Bharat Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2022.svg
Map2 Size:	300px
Map2 Caption:	Structure of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the 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.

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]}

Registered voters
Male	28,54,945
Female	27,37,845
Third Gender	38
Total	55,92,828

Candidates
Male	388
Female	24
Total	412

Polling stations
Urban areas	646
Rural areas	7,235
Total	7,881

Parties and alliances

CPI(M) contested the assembly election in alliance with the CPI.^[18]

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested
1.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Rakesh Singha		11
2.	Communist Party of India			Shyam Singh Chauhan^[19]		1

Others

Candidates

AAP released the first list of 4 candidates on 20 September 2022.^[23] Second list of 54 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.^[24] Third list of 10 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.^[25] AAP's nomination from Darang was withdrawn on 29 October 2022.^[26]

CPI(M) released the first list of 11 candidates on 22 September 2022.^[27] and second list of 2 candidates on 24 September.^[28] However, the earlier lists were withdrawn and a final list of 11 candidates was released on 18 October 2022.^[29] It was reported that CPI would contest on 3 seats, but decided to contest on 1 seat only.

Congress released the first list of 46 candidates on 18 October 2022.^[30] Second list of 17 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.^[31] Congress released third list of 4 candidates on 22 October 2022.^[32] Candidate for the remaining 1 seat was named on 25 October 2022.^[33]

BJP released the first list of 62 candidates on 19 October 2022.^[34] Second list of remaining 6 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.^[35] BJP replaced its candidates from Chamba on 20 October 2022^[36] and Kullu on 25 October 2022.^[37]

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

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.^[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.
• 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. Citizens above 75 years of age will be given special social security pension.
• Tourism: A new policy will be started to promote tourism in villages, "Smart Village" project will be started.

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Active Parties
Bharatiya Janata Party
Indian National Congress
Aam Aadmi Party
Others <	--	-	EventsCOVID-19 pandemic emergency declared|-| style="padding: 0 5px;" | Debates-->|} 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 2 October 2022 37-45 21-29 0-1 0-3 16 ABP News-CVoter 14 October 2022 38-46 20-28 0-1 0-2 18 India TV-Matrize 4 November 2022 41 25 0 2 16 ABP News-CVoter 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 < -- - Events-| style="padding: 0 5px;" | National COVID-19 pandemic emergency declared|-| style="padding: 0 5px;" | Debates-->|} 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 Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− Indian National Congress 18,52,504 43.90 2.22 68 40 19 Bharatiya Janata Party 18,14,530 43.00 5.79 68 25 19 Aam Aadmi Party 46,270 1.10 1.10 67 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 27,817 0.66 0.81 11 0 1 Rashtriya Devbhumi Party 25,861 0.61 29 0 Bahujan Samaj Party 14,613 0.35 0.2 53 0 Independents 4,09,273 9.7 3 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] 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 District Constituency Winner^[83] Runner Up Margin Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Churah (SC) Hans Raj BJP 32,095 51.49 Yashwant Singh INC 29,453 47.26 2,642 2 Bharmour (ST) Janak Raj style=background-color: BJP 30,336 53.68 Thakur Singh Bharmouri style=background-color: INC 25,164 44.53 5,172 3 Chamba Neeraj Nayar style=background-color: INC 32,783 53.28 Neelam Nayyar style=background-color: BJP 25,001 40.63 7,782 4 Dalhousie Dhavinder Singh Thakur style=background-color: BJP 33,488 57.49 Asha Kumari style=background-color: INC 23,570 40.47 9,918 5 Bhattiyat Kuldeep Singh Pathania style=background-color: INC 25,989 43.73 Bikram Singh style=background-color: BJP 24,422 41.10 1,567 6 Nurpur Ranbir Singh BJP 44,132 62.45 Ajay Mahajan INC 25,380 35.92 18,752 7 Indora (SC) Malender Rajan style=background-color: INC 30,797 45.55 Reeta Devi style=background-color: BJP 28,547 42.22 2,250 8 Fatehpur Bhawani Singh Pathania style=background-color: INC 33,238 51.83 Rakesh Pathania style=background-color: BJP 25,884 40.36 7,354 9 Jawali Chander Kumar style=background-color: INC 38,243 51.22 Sanjay Guleria style=background-color: BJP 35,212 47.16 3,031 10 Dehra Hoshyar Singh style=background-color: IND 22,997 37.96 Rajesh Sharma style=background-color: INC 19,120 31.56 3,877 11 Jaswan-Pragpur Bikram Singh style=background-color: BJP 22,658 38.27 Surinder Singh Mankotia style=background-color: INC 20,869 35.25 1,789 12 Jawalamukhi Sanjay Rattan style=background-color: INC 27,827 46.48 Ravinder Singh style=background-color: BJP 21,423 35.78 6,404 13 Jaisinghpur (SC) Yadvinder Goma style=background-color: INC 28,058 50.43 Ravinder Kumar Dhiman style=background-color: BJP 25,362 45.58 2,696 14 Sullah Vipin Singh Parmar style=background-color: BJP 36,670 48.35 Jagjiwan Paul style=background-color: IND 29,558 38.97 7,112 15 Nagrota R.S. Bali style=background-color: INC 42,079 59.88 Arun Kumar style=background-color: BJP 26,187 37.26 15,892 16 Kangra Pawan Kumar Kajal style=background-color: BJP 35,239 55.64 Surinder Kumar style=background-color: INC 15,405 24.32 19,834 17 Shahpur Kewal Singh style=background-color: INC 36,603 55.39 Sarveen Choudhary style=background-color: BJP 24,360 36.86 12,243 18 Dharamshala Sudhir Sharma style=background-color: INC 27,323 45.53 Rakesh Kumar style=background-color: BJP 24,038 40.06 3,285 19 Palampur Ashish Butail style=background-color: INC 30,874 53.72 Trilok Kapoor style=background-color: BJP 25,546 44.45 5,328 20 Baijnath (SC) Kishori Lal style=background-color: INC 29,338 50.32 Mulkh Raj style=background-color: BJP 25,892 44.41 3,446 21 Lahaul and Spiti (ST) Ravi Thakur INC 9,948 52.91 Ram Lal Markanda BJP 8,332 44.32 1,616 22 Manali Bhuvaneshwar Gaur INC 29,892 49.46 Govind Singh Thakur BJP 26,935 44.57 2,957 23 Kullu Surinder Singh Thakur style=background-color: INC 30,286 42.56 Narottam Singh style=background-color: BJP 26,183 36.79 4,103 24 Banjar Surender Shourie style=background-color: BJP 25,038 40.44 Khimi Ram style=background-color: INC 20,704 33.44 4,334 25 Anni (SC) Lokender Kumar style=background-color: BJP 24,133 35.77 Paras Ram style=background-color: IND 17,355 25.72 6,778 26 Karsog (SC) Deepraj Kapoor BJP 34,512 57.36 Mahesh Raj INC 23,978 39.85 10,534 27 Sundernagar Rakesh Jamwal style=background-color: BJP 29,432 44.16 Sohan Lal style=background-color: INC 21,307 31.97 8,125 28 Nachan (SC) Vinod Kumar style=background-color: BJP 33,200 46.40 Naresh Kumar style=background-color: INC 24,244 33.88 8,956 29 Seraj Jai Ram Thakur style=background-color: BJP 53,562 75.70 Chet Ram style=background-color: INC 15,379 21.74 38,183 30 Darang Puran Chand Thakur style=background-color: BJP 36,572 49.76 Kaul Singh Thakur style=background-color: INC 35,954 48.92 618 31 Jogindernagar Prakash Prem Kumar Rana style=background-color: BJP 33,782 47.87 Surender Paul Thakur style=background-color: INC 29,443 41.73 4,339 32 Dharampur Chander Shekhar Thakur style=background-color: INC 31,063 51.90 Rajat Thakur style=background-color: BJP 28,037 46.84 3,026 33 Mandi Anil Sharma style=background-color: BJP 31,303 53.37 Champa Thakur style=background-color: INC 21.297 36.31 10,006 34 Balh (SC) Inder Singh style=background-color: BJP 31,792 49.12 Prakash Chaudhary style=background-color: INC 30,485 47.1 1,307 35 Sarkaghat Dalip Thakur style=background-color: BJP 27,346 42.89 Pawan Kumar style=background-color: INC 25,539 40.05 1,807 36 Bhoranj (SC) Suresh Kumar INC 24,779 43.16 Dr. Anil Dhaman BJP 24,719 43.05 60 37 Sujanpur Rajinder Rana style=background-color: INC 27,679 49.79 Ranjit Singh Rana style=background-color: BJP 27,280 49.07 399 38 Hamirpur Ashish Sharma style=background-color: IND 25,916 47.09 Pushpinder Vwema style=background-color: INC 13,017 23.65 12,899 39 Barsar Inderdutt Lakhanpal style=background-color: INC 30,293 48.16 Maya Sharma style=background-color: BJP 16.501 26.23 13,792 40 Nadaun Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu style=background-color: INC 36,142 50.88 Vijay Kumar style=background-color: BJP 32,779 46.14 3,363 41 Chintpurni (SC) Sudarshan Singh Babloo INC 32,712 52.7 Balbir Singh BJP 27,854 44.87 4,858 42 Gagret Chaitanya Sharma style=background-color: INC 40,767 61.15 Rajesh Thakur style=background-color: BJP 25,082 37.62 15,685 43 Haroli Mukesh Agnihotri style=background-color: INC 38,652 55.33 Ram Kumar style=background-color: BJP 29,504 42.23 9,148 44 Una Satpal Singh Satti style=background-color: BJP 33,974 50.05 Satpal Raizada style=background-color: INC 32,238 47.49 1,736 45 Kutlehar Davinder Kumar Bhutto style=background-color: INC 36,636 54.84 Virender Kanwar style=background-color: BJP 29,057 43.49 7,579 46 Jhanduta (SC) Jeet Ram Katwal BJP 28,268 46.72 Vivek Kumar INC 22.469 37.14 5,799 47 Ghumarwin Rajesh Dharmani style=background-color: INC 35,378 51.96 Rajinder Garg style=background-color: BJP 29,767 43.72 5,611 48 Bilaspur Trilok Jamwal style=background-color: BJP 30,988 47.76 Bumber Thakur style=background-color: INC 30,712 47.34 276 49 Sri Naina Deviji Randhir Sharma style=background-color: BJP 29,403 47.23 Ram Lal Thakur style=background-color: INC 29,232 46.96 171 50 Arki Sanjay Awasthy INC 30,897 42.02 Rajender IND 26,075 35.46 4,822 51 Nalagarh K. 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Thakur style=background-color: IND 33,427 44.51 Hardeep Singh Bhawa style=background-color: INC 20,163 26.85 13,264 52 Doon Ram Kumar style=background-color: INC 32,038 51.89 Paramjeet Singh Pammi style=background-color: BJP 25,227 40.86 6,811 53 Solan (SC) Dhani Ram Shandil style=background-color: INC 30,089 51.54 Rajesh Kashyap style=background-color: BJP 26,231 44.39 3,858 54 Kasauli (SC) Vinod Kumar Sultanpuri style=background-color: INC 28,200 52.1 Rajiv Saizal style=background-color: BJP 21,432 39.6 6,768 55 Pachhad (SC) Reena Kashyap BJP 21,215 34.52 Dayal Pyari INC 17,358 28.25 3,857 56 Nahan Ajay Solanki style=background-color: INC 35,291 50.08 Rajeev Bindal style=background-color: BJP 33,652 47.75 1,639 57 Sri Renukaji (SC) Vinay Kumar style=background-color: INC 28,642 47.99 Narain Singh style=background-color: BJP 27,782 46.55 860 58 Paonta Sahib Sukh Ram Chaudhary style=background-color: BJP 31,008 46.93 Kirnesh Jung style=background-color: INC 22,412 33.92 8,596 59 Shillai Harshwardhan Chauhan style=background-color: INC 32,093 49.17 Baldev Singh Tomar style=background-color: BJP 31,711 48.58 382 60 Chopal Balbir Singh Verma BJP 25,873 41.58 Rajneesh Kimta INC 20,840 33.49 5,033 61 Theog Kuldeep Singh Rathore style=background-color: INC 19,447 29.47 Ajay Shyam style=background-color: BJP 14,178 21.49 5,269 62 Kasumpti Anirudh Singh style=background-color: INC 25,759 55.43 Suresh Bhardwaj style=background-color: BJP 17,104 36.81 8,655 63 Shimla Harish Janartha style=background-color: INC 15,803 51.35 Jatin Puri style=background-color: BJP 12,766 41.48 3,037 64 Shimla Rural Vikramaditya Singh style=background-color: INC 35,269 60.19 Ravi Kumar Mehta style=background-color: BJP 21,409 36.54 13,860 65 Jubbal-Kotkhai Rohit Thakur style=background-color: INC 31,393 52.65 Chetan Singh Bragta style=background-color: BJP 26,324 44.15 5,069 66 Rampur (SC) Nand Lal style=background-color: INC 28,397 49.07 Kaul Singh style=background-color: BJP 27,830 48.09 567 67 Rohru (SC) Mohan Lal Brakta style=background-color: INC 34,327 61.90 Shashi Bala style=background-color: BJP 14,988 27.03 19,339 68 Kinnaur (ST) Jagat Singh Negi INC 20,696 46.95 Surat Negi BJP 13.732 31.15 6,964 See also Elections in Himachal Pradesh Politics of Himachal Pradesh References

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