Kangra Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:	LS
Kangra
Established:	1952
Party:	Bharatiya Janata Party
Mp:	Dr Rajeev Bhardwaj
Latest Election Year:	2024
Preceded By:	Kishan Kapoor
State:	Himachal Pradesh
Reservation:	None
Assembly Cons:	17: Churah, Chamba, Dalhousie, Bhattiyat, Nurpur, Indora, Fatehpur, Jawali, Jawalamukhi, Jaisinghpur, Sullah, Nagrota, Kangra, Shahpur, Dharamshala, Palampur and Baijnath

Kangra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India.^{[1] [2]}

Assembly segments

Kangra Lok Sabha constituency presently comprised the following 17 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[2]

No	Name	District	Member	Party
1	Churah (SC)	Chamba	Hans Raj
3	Chamba		Niraj Nayyar		Indian National Congress
4	Dalhousie		Dhavinder Singh
5	Bhattiyat		Kuldeep Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress
6	Nurpur	Kangra	Ranbir Singh
7	Indora (SC)		Malender Rajan		Indian National Congress
8	Fatehpur		Bhawani Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress
9	Jawali		Chander Kumar		Indian National Congress
12	Jawalamukhi		Sanjay Rattan		Indian National Congress
13	Jaisinghpur (SC)		Yadvinder Goma		Indian National Congress
14	Sullah		Vipin Singh Parmar
15	Nagrota		Raghubir Singh Bali		Indian National Congress
16	Kangra		Pawan Kumar Kajal
17	Shahpur		Kewal Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress
18	Dharamshala		Sudhir Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
19	Palampur		Ashish Butail		Indian National Congress
20	Baijnath (SC)		Kishori Lal		Indian National Congress

Members of Parliament

Year	Name^[3] ^[4] ^[5]	Party
1952	Hem Raj
1957
	Daljit Singh
1962	Hem Raj
1967
1971	Vikram Chand Mahajan
1977	Kanwar Durga Chand
1980	Vikram Chand Mahajan
1984	Chandresh Kumari Katoch
1989	Shanta Kumar
1991	D. D. Khanoria
1996	Sat Mahajan
1998	Shanta Kumar
1999
2004	Chander Kumar
2009	Rajan Sushant
2014	Shanta Kumar
2019	Kishan Kapoor
2024	Dr Rajeev Bhardwaj

Election results

2004

Party		Candidate Name	Votes	Votes %
	INC	Chander Kumar	314,555	49.1%
	BJP	Shanta Kumar	296,764	46.3%
	BSP	Lt. Col. Shakti Chand Chaudhary (Retd.)	10,860	1.7%
	IND	Fakir Chand	10,594	1.7%
	SP	Roshan Rana	7,092	1.1%
	IND	Dhani Ram	3,312	0.5%
Majority			17,791	2.8%
Turnout			6,40,345	62.0%

General elections 1967

See also

• Kangra district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 . 26 November 2008 . 24 June 2021.
2. Web site: Parliamentary Constituency Wise Result of H.P. of Lok Sabha Elections-2009. Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh website. 5 November 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163528/http://ceohimachal.nic.in/BKGROUND/PC%20wise%20Result%20of%20H.P.pdf. 21 July 2011. dmy-all.
3. Web site: General Election, 1977 (Vol I, II) . 31 December 2021 . Election Commission of India.
4. Web site: General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III) . 31 December 2021 . Election Commission of India.
5. Web site: General Election 2004 . 22 October 2021 . Election Commission of India.