1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
35 seats needed for a majority
Registered2,211,524
Turnout71.06%
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Thakur Ram Lal.jpg Shanta Kumar.jpg
Leader Thakur Ram Lal Shanta Kumar
Party INC BJP JP
Leader's seat Jubbal-Kotkhai
Seats before9New53
Seats won31292
Seat changeIncrease2.svg22NewDecrease2.svg51
Popular vote42.52%35.16%4.75%
CM before election

Thakur Ram Lal
INC

Elected CM

Thakur Ram Lal
INC

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in May 1982, to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Indian National Congress won the most seats as well as the popular vote, and Thakur Ram Lal was reappointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. [1]

Contents

After the passing of the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970, Himachal Pradesh was converted from a Union Territory to a State and the size of its Legislative Assembly was increased to 68 members. [2]

Result

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 659,23942.5231Increase2.svg22
Bharatiya Janata Party 545,03735.1629New
Janata Party 73,6834.752Decrease2.svg51
Communist Party of India 26,5431.7100
Lok Dal 22,5211.450New
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,6360.1700
Independents220,63714.2360
Total1,550,296100.00680
Valid votes1,550,29698.65
Invalid/blank votes21,2781.35
Total votes1,571,574100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,211,52471.06
Source: ECI [3]

Elected Members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)		MemberPartyVotesRunner-up Candidates NamePartyVotes
KinnaurSTThakur Sen Negi Independent 12580Gopi Chand Indian National Congress 9197
RampurSCSinghi Ram Indian National Congress 12776Ninzoo Ram Independent 6285
RohruNoneSatya Dev Bushehari Indian National Congress 11890Pratap Singh Mukhia Bharatiya Janata Party 6743
Jubbal-kotkhaiNoneRam Lal Indian National Congress 20765Shyam Lal Pirta Bharatiya Janata Party 3340
ChopalNoneKewal Ram Chauhan Indian National Congress 12307Radha Raman Shastri Bharatiya Janata Party 8013
KumarsainNoneJai Bihari Lal Khachi Indian National Congress 9641Bhagat Ram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 4902
TheogNoneVidya Stokes Indian National Congress 12947Mehar Singh Chauhan Janata Party 8052
SimlaNoneDaulat Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 12314Anand Sharma Indian National Congress 9369
KasumptiSCBalak Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 8594Roop Dass Kashyap Indian National Congress 7236
ArkiNoneNagin Chander Pal Bharatiya Janata Party 8764Hira Singh Indian National Congress 6545
DoonNoneRam Partap Chandel Indian National Congress 12236Narain Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 5239
NalagarhNoneVijayander Singh Indian National Congress 16500Arjun Singh Independent 7259
KasauliSCRaghu Raj Indian National Congress 9672Kirpal Singh Janata Party 3268
SolanNoneRama Nand Bharatiya Janata Party 6253Guru Dutt Independent 3437
PachhadSCGangu Ram Independent 9805Uchhbu Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 5143
RaindkaSCPrem Singh Indian National Congress 10466Mohan Lal Janata Party 4910
ShillaiNoneGuman Singh Chauhan Indian National Congress 12042Jagat Singh Lok Dal 9381
Paonta DoonNoneKush Parmar Indian National Congress 10099Milk Raj Bharatiya Janata Party 7747
NahanNoneShyama Sharma Janata Party 12926Sunder Singh Indian National Congress 6032
KotkehloorNoneDaulat Ram Sankhyan Indian National Congress 6400Daulat Ram Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 5861
BilaspurNoneSada Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 10445Partap Singh Indian National Congress 8957
GhumarwinNoneNarayan Singh Swami Bharatiya Janata Party 11836Sita Ram Sharma Indian National Congress 11350
GeharwinSCGanu Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 7477Rikhi Ram Kaundal Independent 6901
NadaunNoneDhani Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 9308Prem Dass Sharma Indian National Congress 7478
HamirpurNoneJagdev Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 14471Babu Ram Indian National Congress 7857
BamsanNoneLashkari Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 12862Ranjit Singh Indian National Congress 9788
MewaSCDharam Singh Indian National Congress 11814Amar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 9924
NadauntaNoneRam Rattan Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 10365Prem Chand Verma Indian National Congress 8622
GagretSCSadhu Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 11377Mehnga Singh Indian National Congress 9906
ChintpurniNoneHans Raj Akrot Indian National Congress 9904Romesh Chander Bharatiya Janata Party 8199
SantokgarhNoneVijay Kumar Joshi Indian National Congress 10589Kashmiri Lal Joshi Independent 9371
UnaNoneDes Raj Bharatiya Janata Party 14707Ram Rakha Indian National Congress 9515
KutleharNoneRanjit Singh Janata Party 7022Ram Nath Sharma Indian National Congress 6244
NurpurNoneSat Mahajan Indian National Congress 15384Kewal Singh Janata Party 12085
GangathSCDes Raj Bharatiya Janata Party 11751Dhinoo Ram Indian National Congress 9048
JawaliNoneRajan Sushant Bharatiya Janata Party 11669Sujan Singh Pathaania Indian National Congress 11141
GulerNoneChander Kumar Indian National Congress 8867Harbans Singh Rana Independent 5775
JaswanNoneAgya Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 10147Sarla Sharma Indian National Congress 8598
PragpurSCVirender Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 9241Yog Raj Independent 7503
JawalamukhiNoneKashmir Singh Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 9350Mela Ram Saver Indian National Congress 7472
ThuralNoneChandresh Kumari Indian National Congress 7423Santosh Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 6742
RajgirSCMilkhi Ram Goma Indian National Congress 9358Shambhu Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 6717
BaijnathNoneSant Ram Indian National Congress 10346Milkhi Ram Independent 4202
PalampurNoneSarwan Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 10508Kunj Bihari Lal Indian National Congress 8762
SulahNoneShanta Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 11857Man Chand Indian National Congress 8708
NagrotaNoneRam Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 12618Hardyal Indian National Congress 9254
ShahpurNoneVijai Singh Independent 11301Ajit Paul Indian National Congress 6386
DharamsalaNoneBrij Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 9513Mool Raj Sharma Indian National Congress 6971
KangraNoneVidya Sagar Bharatiya Janata Party 15097Surendar Paul Indian National Congress 7388
BhattiyatNoneShiv Kumar Indian National Congress 10796Amar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 7480
BanikhetNoneDes Raj Mahajan Indian National Congress 12663Daulat Ram Communist Party of India 6154
RajnagarSCMohan Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 11927Vidya Dhar Indian National Congress 11885
ChambaNoneSagar Chand Indian National Congress 12744Kishori Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 9983
BharmourSTThakur Singh Indian National Congress 7285Ram Charan Independent 5474
Lahaul And SpitiST Thakur Devi Singh Indian National Congress 5636Surinder Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 3446
KulluNoneKunj Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 14967Raj Krishan Gaor Indian National Congress 13425
BanjarNoneMaheshwar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 19243Dile Ram Shabab Indian National Congress 11872
AniSCKhub Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 14599Isher Dass Indian National Congress 11926
KarsogSCMansha Ram Independent 8992Sunder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 7422
ChachiotNoneMoti Ram Independent 10733Karam Singh Indian National Congress 10252
NachanSCDile Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 11873Tek Chand Indian National Congress 8745
SundarnagarNoneRoop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 11560Lachhami Dutt Indian National Congress 6520
BalhSCPiru Ram Indian National Congress 12334Damodar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 11828
GopalpurNoneRangila Ram Indian National Congress 17812Lila Devi Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 7130
DharampurNoneBhikham Ram Indian National Congress 10310Om Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 8782
Joginder NagarNoneGulab Singh Independent 8586Rattan Lal Indian National Congress 7928
DarangNoneKaul Singh Indian National Congress 12989Dina Nath Bharatiya Janata Party 9189
MandiNoneSukh Ram Indian National Congress 12517Kanhaya Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 9845


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References

  1. ↑ Prabhu Chawla (21 April 1983). "Thakur Ram Lal resigns as Himachal Pradesh CM to pave the way for Virbhadra Singh". India Today . Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "The State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970" (PDF). 25 December 1970. Retrieved 6 November 2021. ...persons chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies, shall be sixty-eight of which sixteen seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and three seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.
  3. ↑ "Himachal Pradesh 1982". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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