Shimla Assembly constituency

Shimla Assembly constituency, also spelt Simla in olden days, is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh, a northern Indian state. It is a segment of the Shimla Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Shimla
Constituency No. 63 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateHimachal Pradesh
DistrictShimla
LS constituencyShimla
Established1967
Total electors48,608[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2022

Members of Legislative Assembly

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  • 1962 (Punjab Assembly): Gyan Chand (Congress), as part of Punjab State.[3]
    • Shimla was merged with Himachal Pradesh in 1966.
Year Member Picture Party
1967 Daulat Ram Chauhan Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972
1977 Janata Party
1982 Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 Harbhajan Singh Bhajji Indian National Congress
1990 Suresh Bhardwaj   Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Rakesh Singha Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996[a] Adarsh Kumar Indian National Congress
1998 Narinder Bragta Bharatiya Janata Party
2003 Harbhajan Singh Bhajji Indian National Congress
2007 Suresh Bhardwaj[4]   Bharatiya Janata Party
2012
2017
2022 Harish Janartha Indian National Congress
  1. ^ by-election

Election candidates

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Assembly Election 2022

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2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shimla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Harish Janartha 15,803 51.35%  43.12
BJP Sanjay Sood 12,766 41.48%  1.54
CPI(M) Tikender Singh Panwar 1,400 4.55%  4.81
AAP Chaman Rakesh Azta 328 1.07% New
NOTA Nota 237 0.77%  0.22
Independent Abhishek Barowalia 120 0.39% New
Rashtriya Devbhumi Party Kalyan Singh 78 0.25% New
BSP Rajesh Kumar Gill 46 0.15% New
Margin of victory 3,037 9.87%  4.02
Turnout 30,778 63.32%  1.27
Registered electors 48,608  3.60
INC gain from BJP Swing  8.32

Assembly Election 2017

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2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shimla[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj 14,012 43.02%  7.46
Independent Harish Janartha 12,109 37.18% New
CPI(M) Sanjay Chauhan 3,047 9.36%  15.33
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji 2,680 8.23%  25.41
NOTA None of the Above 322 0.99% New
Margin of victory 1,903 5.84%  3.91
Turnout 32,569 64.59%  5.38
Registered electors 50,424  8.16
BJP hold Swing  7.46

Assembly Election 2012

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2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shimla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj 11,563 35.57%  2.80
INC Harish Janartha 10,935 33.63%  7.95
CPI(M) Tikender Singh Panwar 8,025 24.68%  5.70
Independent Tarsem Bharti 1,499 4.61% New
NCP Dr. Radha Raman Shastri 243 0.75% New
Margin of victory 628 1.93%  6.05
Turnout 32,512 59.22%  12.01
Registered electors 54,905  20.11
BJP hold Swing  2.80

Assembly Election 2007

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2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shimla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj 12,443 38.36%  9.00
CPI(M) Sanjay Chauhan 9,855 30.38%  1.09
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji 8,330 25.68%  12.47
BSP Ved Prakash 1,337 4.12% New
Margin of victory 2,588 7.98%  1.30
Turnout 32,437 47.20%  1.09
Registered electors 68,722  0.23
BJP gain from INC Swing  0.21

Assembly Election 2003

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2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shimla[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji 12,060 38.15%  0.77
CPI(M) Sanjay Chauhan 9,949 31.47%  17.63
BJP Ganesh Dutt 9,283 29.36%  17.88
Independent Des Raj Sharma 323 1.02% New
Margin of victory 2,111 6.68%  1.66
Turnout 31,615 46.14%  3.41
Registered electors 68,562  6.27
INC gain from BJP Swing  9.10

Assembly Election 1998

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1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shimla[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Narinder Bragta 14,758 47.25%  14.53
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji 12,155 38.91%  1.76
CPI(M) Om Prakash 4,323 13.84%  10.73
Margin of victory 2,603 8.33%  0.38
Turnout 31,236 43.12%  6.62
Registered electors 73,148  3.26
BJP gain from INC Swing

Assembly By-election 1996

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1996 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election : Shimla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Adarsh Kumar 14,211 40.67%  7.35
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj 11,433 32.72%  0.35
CPI(M) Om Prakash 8,584 24.57%  9.20
Des Raj Sharma 319 0.91% New
BSP Kishori Lal 276 0.79% New
Margin of victory 2,778 7.95%  7.50
Turnout 34,943 49.62%  10.57
Registered electors 70,841  20.86
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing  6.90

Assembly Election 1993

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1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shimla[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Rakesh Singha 11,854 33.77%  7.86
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji 11,695 33.31%  7.86
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj 11,363 32.37%  15.61
Margin of victory 159 0.45%  21.62
Turnout 35,105 60.25%  17.41
Registered electors 58,614  5.92
CPI(M) gain from BJP Swing

Assembly Election 1990

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1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shimla[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj 12,701 47.98%  11.64
CPI(M) Rakesh Singha 6,857 25.90%  2.10
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji 6,738 25.46%  13.68
Margin of victory 5,844 22.08%  19.28
Turnout 26,470 42.69%  8.71
Registered electors 62,302  41.44
BJP gain from INC Swing

Assembly Election 1985

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1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shimla[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji 8,825 39.13%  1.52
BJP Radha Raman Shastri 8,195 36.34%  13.09
CPI(M) Rakesh Singha 5,368 23.80% New
Margin of victory 630 2.79%  9.03
Turnout 22,552 51.48%  14.26
Registered electors 44,049  15.74
INC gain from BJP Swing  10.30

Assembly Election 1982

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1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shimla[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Daulat Ram Chauhan 12,314 49.43% New
INC Anand Sharma 9,369 37.61%  19.28
Independent Jagdish Chander Joshi 988 3.97% New
Independent D. R. Tanwar 655 2.63% New
Independent Ashok Kumar Goel 360 1.45% New
CPI H. L. Sethi 355 1.42% New
Independent Janki Dass 165 0.66% New
JP Lajiya Raghubir Singh 149 0.60%  70.06
Margin of victory 2,945 11.82%  40.52
Turnout 24,913 66.01%  13.78
Registered electors 38,057  1.47
BJP gain from JP Swing  21.23

Assembly Election 1977

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1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shimla[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Daulat Ram Chauhan 14,105 70.66% New
INC Usha Malhotra 3,658 18.33%  20.09
Independent Sunder Lal 2,026 10.15% New
Independent Tilak Raj 113 0.57% New
Margin of victory 10,447 52.34%  48.41
Turnout 19,961 52.07%  6.50
Registered electors 38,625  23.35
JP gain from ABJS Swing  28.32

Assembly Election 1972

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1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shimla[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ABJS Daulat Ram Chauhan 5,990 42.34%  18.81
INC Shiv Dutt Bhardwaj 5,435 38.42%  11.74
Independent Prithi Chand 1,880 13.29% New
Independent Surrinder Singh Ahuja 263 1.86% New
INC(O) Inder Chand Gupta 184 1.30% New
SSP J. Jacob 169 1.19% New
Independent Kali Dass Vasudeva 112 0.79% New
Margin of victory 555 3.92%  30.55
Turnout 14,147 45.88%  2.15
Registered electors 31,314  34.90
ABJS hold Swing  18.81

Assembly Election 1967

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1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shimla[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ABJS D. Ram 6,718 61.15% New
INC G. Chand 2,931 26.68% New
RPI C. Singh 466 4.24% New
Independent J. Singh 364 3.31% New
Independent P. Lal 221 2.01% New
PSP G. Shanker 135 1.23% New
Independent A. Singh 125 1.14% New
Margin of victory 3,787 34.47%
Turnout 10,986 48.87%
Registered electors 23,212
ABJS win (new seat)

Election results

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2017

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Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Shimla[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj
INC
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [14]
BJP hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Shimla Assembly constituency 2017 Election, Date, Results & Candidate lists". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1962". www.elections.in.
  4. ^ a b c Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
  11. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
  14. ^ "Himachal Pradesh Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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