Elections in Himachal Pradesh

Elections for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Himachal Pradesh state, India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Himachal Pradesh creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature for conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

Lok Sabha Elections

Year Lok Sabha Election Party-wise Details
1951 First Lok Sabha Total: 3. INC: 3
1957 Second Lok Sabha Total: 4. INC: 4
1962 Third Lok Sabha Total: 4. INC: 4
1967 Fourth Lok Sabha Total: 6. INC: 6
1971 Fifth Lok Sabha Total: 4. INC: 4
1977 Sixth Lok Sabha Total: 4. Janata Party/BLD: 4.
1980 Seventh Lok Sabha Total: 4. INC: 4
1984 Eighth Lok Sabha Total: 4. INC: 4
1989 Ninth Lok Sabha Total: 4. BJP: 3, INC: 1
1991 Tenth Lok Sabha Total: 4. BJP: 2, INC: 2
1996 Eleventh Lok Sabha Total: 4. INC: 4
1998 Twelfth Lok Sabha Total: 4. BJP: 3, INC: 1
1999 Thirteenth Lok Sabha Total: 4. BJP: 3, HVC: 1
2004 Fourteenth Lok Sabha Total: 4. INC: 3, BJP: 1
2009 Fifteenth Lok Sabha Total: 4. BJP: 3, INC: 1
2014 Sixteenth Lok Sabha Total: 4. BJP: 4
2019 Seventeenth Lok Sabha Total: 4. BJP: 4

Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 1952

 Summary of results of the 1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election [1]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested
Won% of
Seats
VotesVote %
Indian National Congress 352466.6784,81947.25
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 2238.3326,37114.69
Scheduled Caste Federation 912.7810,3525.77
Independent 36822.2247,74626.6
Total seats 36Voters7,13,554Turnout1,79,515 (25.16 %)

Source [2]

Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 1967

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won % votes
1Indian National Congress603442.19
2Independent601638.10
3Bharatiya Jana Sangh33713.87
4Communist Party of India1122.89
5Swatantra Party511.93
Total 60

Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 1972

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won % votes
1Indian National Congress685353.24
2Bharatiya Jana Sangh31517.15
3Lok Raj Party Himachal Pradesh16220.54
4Communist Party of India (Marxist)411.10
5Independent68728.27
Total 68

Source [3]

Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 1977

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won % votes
1Janata Party685349.01
2Indian National Congress56927.32
3Independent68621.10
Total 68

Source [4]

Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 1985

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won % votes
1Indian National Congress685855.86
2Bharatiya Janata Party57735.87
3Independent6828.28
4Lok Dal311.44
Total 68

Source: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 1990

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won % votes
1Bharatiya Janata Party514641.78
2Indian National Congress66936.54
3Janata Dal171110.83
4Independent6816.10
5Communist Party of India1812.06
Total 68

Source: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1990 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 1993

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won % votes
1Indian National Congress675248.82
2Bharatiya Janata Party68836.14
3Communist Party of India (Marxist)610.76
4Independent6879.76
Total 68

Source: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1993 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 1998

Party Seats Votes %
Indian National Congress 31 1,110,055 43.5%
Bharatiya Janata Party 31 995,482 39.0%
Himachal Vikas Congress 5 245,584 9.6%
Independents and Others 1 200,248 7.8%
Total (Turnout 71.2%) 68 2,551,369 100%
Source: Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2003

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won % votes
1Indian National Congress684341
2Bharatiya Janata Party681635.38
3Independent68612.60
4Himachal Vikas Congress4915.87
5Lok Jan Shakti Party2711
6Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh1412.17
Total 68

Source: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2003 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2007

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh in 2007.

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won % votes
1Bharatiya Janata Party684143.78
2Indian National Congress672338.9
3Independent6037.97
4Bahujan Samaj Party6717.26
Total 68

Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012

The Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012 was held in Himachal Pradesh, India in 2012 after the five-year term of the incumbent state legislature and government expired following the assembly elections of 2007. The election chose 68 MLAs to the Vidhan Sabha.

Summary of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2012 result

 
Party Seats contested Seats won Seat change Vote share Swing
Bhartiya Janata Party6826 16
Indian National Congress6836 13
Independents686
Total6868-
Turnout: 74.62 per cent
Source: Election Commission of India

The results were declared on 20 December 2012. Congress defeated BJP and won outright majority by securing 36 of the 68 seats under the leadership of Virbhadra Singh - thus proving most of the pollsters and exit polls wrong, which had predicted a photo-finish. The BJP lagged far behind with just 26 seats in its kitty whereas its breakaway faction HLP won just 1 seat. The Congress won despite some 'unpopular' decisions made by the Congress-led Central government days before the election as part of its economic reforms, and the victory is likely to boost such reforms by the Centre.

Both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh had BJP governments and went to polls together. But unlike Gujarat, where the BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi retained power by winning a massive 115 out of 182 seats, in Himachal Pradesh, the Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP lost due to a huge anti-incumbency wave.

Cong veteran leader Virbhadra Singh takes oath for record sixth term as Himachal chief minister at historic Ridge ground in Shimla on 25 December 2012.

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Jai Ram Thakur was appointed as Chief Minister after the elections.

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