1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Country:India
Type:legislative
Vote Type:Popular
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:1990
Election Date:11 September 1993
Next Election:1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:1998
Seats For Election:All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:35
Turnout:71.50%
Party1:Indian National Congress
Image1:Virbhadra Singh HP.jpg
Leader1:Virbhadra Singh
Seats1:52
Seats Before1:9
Popular Vote1:1,135,203
Percentage1:48.82%
Seat Change1:43
Swing1:12.28%
Party2:Bharatiya Janata Party
Leader2:J. P. Nadda
Seats2:8
Seats Before2:46
Popular Vote2:840,233
Percentage2:36.13%
Seat Change2:38
Swing2:5.65%
CM
Before Election:President's rule
After Party:Indian National Congress
After Election:Virbhadra Singh

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in September 1993 to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India.[1] The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and its leader, Virbhadra Singh was appointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for his second term.[2] The number of constituencies was set as 68 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[3]

The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.[4] The present strength of the Vidhan Sabha is 68.

Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)		MemberPartyVoteRunner-up Candidates NamePartyvote
KinnaurST Dev Raj Negi 13746Thakur Sen Negi12864
RampurSC Singhi Ram 24116Ninzoo Ram9638
RohruNone Virbhadra Singh 26976Khushi Ram Balnath7030
Jubbal-kotkhaiNone Ram Lal 21745Rajpal Singh Chauhan4922
ChopalNone Yogendra Chandra 16796Kanwar Uday Singh6490
KumarsainNone Jai Bihari Lal Khachi 21612Bhagat Ram Chauhan10987
TheogNone Rakesh Verma 18088Vidya Stokes16684
SimlaNone Rakesh Singha 11854Harbhajan Singh Bhajji11695
KasumptiSC Charanjiv Lal Kashyap 20688Roup Dass Kashyap14455
ArkiNone Dharam Pal 17077Nagin Chander Pal11350
DoonNone Lajja Ram 14622Ram Partap Chandel14059
NalagarhNone Vijyendra Singh 17969Kehar Singh12273
KasauliSC Raghu Raj 16750Virender Kashyap10956
SolanNone Krishna Mohini 23177Mohinder Nath Sofat11583
PachhadSC Gangu Ram Musafir 19021Ram Parkash12649
RainkaSC Prem Singh 15500Mohan Lal Azad11786
ShillaiNone Harsh Vardhan 19092Jagat Singh Negi12254
Paonta DoonNone Rattan Singh 21238Fateh Singh15648
NahanNone Kush Parmar 15922Shyam Sharma9070
KotkehloorNone Ram Lal Thakur 18985Krishan Kumar Kaushal10245
BilaspurNone Jagat Prakash Nadda 17500Babu Ram Gautam15274
GhumarwinNone Kashmir Singh 20603Karam Dev Dharmani15019
GeharwinSC Beeru Ram Kishore 20604Kondal Rihi Ram13304
NadaunNone Narain Chand Prashar 15571Raghubir Singh14506
HamirpurNone Jagdev Chand 17559Anita Verma16413
BamsanNone Kuldeep Singh Pathania 13657Lashkari Ram13442
MewaSC Ishwar Dass Dhiman 17134Neeraj Kumar16687
NadauntaNone Manjit Singh 11821Ram Rattan Sharma11650
GagretSC Kuldeep Kumar 18059Sadhu Ram10871
ChintpurniNone Hari Datt 14060Ganesh Datt Bharwal8247
SantokgarhNone Vijay Kumar Joshi 13292Kashmiri Lal Joshi10061
UnaNone O.p. Rattan 14014Virender Gautam13212
KutleharNone Ram Dass Malangar 14846Ram Nath Sharma13874
NurpurNone Sat Mahajan 28961Megh Raj Awasthi13870
GangathSC Durga Dass 16036Des Raj13448
JawaliNone Sujan Singh Pathania 19409Rajan Sushant17773
GulerNone Chander Kumar 19051Harbans Rana10308
JaswanNone Viplove Thakur 16283Kashmir Singh Rana8523
PragpurSC Virender Kumar 13685Yog Raj11968
JawalamukhiNone Kewal Singh 16558Dhani Ram13569
ThuralNone Ravinder Singh Ravi 13685Kanwar Durga Chand12764
RajgirSC Milkhi Ram Goma 16035Atma Ram11090
BaijnathNone Sant Ram 18276Dulo Ram13477
PalampurNone Brij Bihari Lal 21212Shiv Kumar14702
SulahNone Man Chand Rana 16745Shanta Kumar13478
NagrotaNone Hardyal Choudhary 19085Chaudhary Ram Chand10366
ShahpurNone Vijay Singh Mankotia 17972Sarveen Choudhary16691
DharamsalaNone Kishan Kapoor 11950Chandresh Kumari11533
KangraNone Daulat Ram 20658Vidya Sagar14342
BhattiyatNone Kuldeep Singh 13595Brij Lal8681
BanikhetNone Asha Kumari 19079Gandharv Singh13673
RajnagarSC Vidhya Dhar 18563Mohan Lal13919
ChambaNone Harsh Mahajan 20435Kishori Lal13585
BharmourST Thakar Singh 10225Tulshi Ram8948
Lahaul And SpitiST Phunchog Rai 6509Hishe Dogia5067
KuluNone Raj Krishan Gour 29077Kunj Lal20423
BanjarNone Satya Parkash Thakur 24539Karan Singh22518
AniSC Ishwar Dass 20436Tej Ram18320
KarsogSC Mast Ram 19371Joginder Pal9144
ChachiotNone Moti Ram 9944Jai Ram7993
NachanSC Tek Chand 20120Dile Ram12814
SundernagarNone Sher Singh 16380Roop Singh10843
BalhSC Nek Ram 19050Damodar Dass14860
GopalpurNone Rangila Ram Rao 25960Randhir Singh Chamdel12552
DharampurNone Mahender Singh 20065Preay Brat11737
Joginder NagarNone Gulab Singh 18412Ganga Ram Jamwal11070
DarangNone Kaul Singh 22482Dina Nath15848
MandiNone Anil Sharma 23134Kanhaiya Lal10712

By-elections

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assembly Members - Eighth Legislative Assembly . 27 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100227100109/http://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/rExmembers.asp . 27 February 2010 . dead .
  2. Web site: Virbhadra Singh: Congress leader who had special place in hearts of Himachalis . . 8 July 2021 . PTI . 8 February 2022.
  3. Web site: DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders . . December 9, 2020.
  4. Web site: Himachal Legislative Assembly.

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