1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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
Registered	2,211,524
Turnout	71.06%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Thakur Ram Lal Shanta Kumar Party INC BJP JP Leader's seat Jubbal-Kotkhai Seats before 9 New 53 Seats won 31 29 2 Seat change 22 New 51 Popular vote 42.52% 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]

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	659,239	42.52	31	22
	Bharatiya Janata Party	545,037	35.16	29	New
	Janata Party	73,683	4.75	2	51
	Communist Party of India	26,543	1.71	0	0
	Lok Dal	22,521	1.45	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,636	0.17	0	0
	Independents	220,637	14.23	6	0
Total		1,550,296	100.00	68	0
Valid votes		1,550,296	98.65
Invalid/blank votes		21,278	1.35
Total votes		1,571,574	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,211,524	71.06
Source: ECI [3]

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party		Votes	Runner-up Candidates Name	Party		Votes
Kinnaur	ST	Thakur Sen Negi		Independent	12580	Gopi Chand		Indian National Congress	9197
Rampur	SC	Singhi Ram		Indian National Congress	12776	Ninzoo Ram		Independent	6285
Rohru	None	Satya Dev Bushehari		Indian National Congress	11890	Pratap Singh Mukhia		Bharatiya Janata Party	6743
Jubbal-kotkhai	None	Ram Lal		Indian National Congress	20765	Shyam Lal Pirta		Bharatiya Janata Party	3340
Chopal	None	Kewal Ram Chauhan		Indian National Congress	12307	Radha Raman Shastri		Bharatiya Janata Party	8013
Kumarsain	None	Jai Bihari Lal Khachi		Indian National Congress	9641	Bhagat Ram Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party	4902
Theog	None	Vidya Stokes		Indian National Congress	12947	Mehar Singh Chauhan		Janata Party	8052
Simla	None	Daulat Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	12314	Anand Sharma		Indian National Congress	9369
Kasumpti	SC	Balak Ram Kashyap		Bharatiya Janata Party	8594	Roop Dass Kashyap		Indian National Congress	7236
Arki	None	Nagin Chander Pal		Bharatiya Janata Party	8764	Hira Singh		Indian National Congress	6545
Doon	None	Ram Partap Chandel		Indian National Congress	12236	Narain Dass		Bharatiya Janata Party	5239
Nalagarh	None	Vijayander Singh		Indian National Congress	16500	Arjun Singh		Independent	7259
Kasauli	SC	Raghu Raj		Indian National Congress	9672	Kirpal Singh		Janata Party	3268
Solan	None	Rama Nand		Bharatiya Janata Party	6253	Guru Dutt		Independent	3437
Pachhad	SC	Gangu Ram		Independent	9805	Uchhbu Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	5143
Raindka	SC	Prem Singh		Indian National Congress	10466	Mohan Lal		Janata Party	4910
Shillai	None	Guman Singh Chauhan		Indian National Congress	12042	Jagat Singh		Lok Dal	9381
Paonta Doon	None	Kush Parmar		Indian National Congress	10099	Milk Raj		Bharatiya Janata Party	7747
Nahan	None	Shyama Sharma		Janata Party	12926	Sunder Singh		Indian National Congress	6032
Kotkehloor	None	Daulat Ram Sankhyan		Indian National Congress	6400	Daulat Ram Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	5861
Bilaspur	None	Sada Ram Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party	10445	Partap Singh		Indian National Congress	8957
Ghumarwin	None	Narayan Singh Swami		Bharatiya Janata Party	11836	Sita Ram Sharma		Indian National Congress	11350
Geharwin	SC	Ganu Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	7477	Rikhi Ram Kaundal		Independent	6901
Nadaun	None	Dhani Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	9308	Prem Dass Sharma		Indian National Congress	7478
Hamirpur	None	Jagdev Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party	14471	Babu Ram		Indian National Congress	7857
Bamsan	None	Lashkari Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	12862	Ranjit Singh		Indian National Congress	9788
Mewa	SC	Dharam Singh		Indian National Congress	11814	Amar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	9924
Nadaunta	None	Ram Rattan Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	10365	Prem Chand Verma		Indian National Congress	8622
Gagret	SC	Sadhu Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	11377	Mehnga Singh		Indian National Congress	9906
Chintpurni	None	Hans Raj Akrot		Indian National Congress	9904	Romesh Chander		Bharatiya Janata Party	8199
Santokgarh	None	Vijay Kumar Joshi		Indian National Congress	10589	Kashmiri Lal Joshi		Independent	9371
Una	None	Des Raj		Bharatiya Janata Party	14707	Ram Rakha		Indian National Congress	9515
Kutlehar	None	Ranjit Singh		Janata Party	7022	Ram Nath Sharma		Indian National Congress	6244
Nurpur	None	Sat Mahajan		Indian National Congress	15384	Kewal Singh		Janata Party	12085
Gangath	SC	Des Raj		Bharatiya Janata Party	11751	Dhinoo Ram		Indian National Congress	9048
Jawali	None	Rajan Sushant		Bharatiya Janata Party	11669	Sujan Singh Pathaania		Indian National Congress	11141
Guler	None	Chander Kumar		Indian National Congress	8867	Harbans Singh Rana		Independent	5775
Jaswan	None	Agya Ram Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party	10147	Sarla Sharma		Indian National Congress	8598
Pragpur	SC	Virender Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	9241	Yog Raj		Independent	7503
Jawalamukhi	None	Kashmir Singh Rana		Bharatiya Janata Party	9350	Mela Ram Saver		Indian National Congress	7472
Thural	None	Chandresh Kumari		Indian National Congress	7423	Santosh Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	6742
Rajgir	SC	Milkhi Ram Goma		Indian National Congress	9358	Shambhu Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	6717
Baijnath	None	Sant Ram		Indian National Congress	10346	Milkhi Ram		Independent	4202
Palampur	None	Sarwan Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	10508	Kunj Bihari Lal		Indian National Congress	8762
Sulah	None	Shanta Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	11857	Man Chand		Indian National Congress	8708
Nagrota	None	Ram Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party	12618	Hardyal		Indian National Congress	9254
Shahpur	None	Vijai Singh		Independent	11301	Ajit Paul		Indian National Congress	6386
Dharamsala	None	Brij Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	9513	Mool Raj Sharma		Indian National Congress	6971
Kangra	None	Vidya Sagar		Bharatiya Janata Party	15097	Surendar Paul		Indian National Congress	7388
Bhattiyat	None	Shiv Kumar		Indian National Congress	10796	Amar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	7480
Banikhet	None	Des Raj Mahajan		Indian National Congress	12663	Daulat Ram		Communist Party of India	6154
Rajnagar	SC	Mohan Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	11927	Vidya Dhar		Indian National Congress	11885
Chamba	None	Sagar Chand		Indian National Congress	12744	Kishori Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	9983
Bharmour	ST	Thakur Singh		Indian National Congress	7285	Ram Charan		Independent	5474
Lahaul And Spiti	ST	Thakur Devi Singh		Indian National Congress	5636	Surinder Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party	3446
Kullu	None	Kunj Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	14967	Raj Krishan Gaor		Indian National Congress	13425
Banjar	None	Maheshwar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	19243	Dile Ram Shabab		Indian National Congress	11872
Ani	SC	Khub Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	14599	Isher Dass		Indian National Congress	11926
Karsog	SC	Mansha Ram		Independent	8992	Sunder Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	7422
Chachiot	None	Moti Ram		Independent	10733	Karam Singh		Indian National Congress	10252
Nachan	SC	Dile Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	11873	Tek Chand		Indian National Congress	8745
Sundarnagar	None	Roop Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	11560	Lachhami Dutt		Indian National Congress	6520
Balh	SC	Piru Ram		Indian National Congress	12334	Damodar Dass		Bharatiya Janata Party	11828
Gopalpur	None	Rangila Ram		Indian National Congress	17812	Lila Devi Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	7130
Dharampur	None	Bhikham Ram		Indian National Congress	10310	Om Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party	8782
Joginder Nagar	None	Gulab Singh		Independent	8586	Rattan Lal		Indian National Congress	7928
Darang	None	Kaul Singh		Indian National Congress	12989	Dina Nath		Bharatiya Janata Party	9189
Mandi	None	Sukh Ram		Indian National Congress	12517	Kanhaya Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	9845

See also

• List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• 1982 elections in India

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.