2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
35 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Prem Kumar Dhumal.jpg Virbhadra Singh HP.jpg Mayawati.jpg
Leader Prem Kumar Dhumal Virbhadra Singh Mayawati
Party BJP INC BSP
Leader's seat Bamsan Rohru Did not contest
Seats before1643
Seats won41231
Seat changeIncrease2.svg25Decrease2.svg20Increase2.svg1
Popular vote1,441,1421,280,480238,959
Percentage43.78%38.90%7.26%
SwingIncrease2.svg8.44%Decrease2.svg2.1%Increase2.svg6.7%
CM before election

Virbhadra Singh
INC

Elected CM

Prem Kumar Dhumal
BJP

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in December 2007, to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Bharatiya Janata Party won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote, and Prem Kumar Dhumal was reappointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. [1] [2]

Contents

The number of constituencies were set as 68, as per the recommendations of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976. [3]

Results

Source: [4]

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RankPartySeats
contested		Seats
won		% votes
1 Bharatiya Janata Party 684143.78
2 Indian National Congress 672338.9
3 Independent 6037.97
4 Bahujan Samaj Party 6717.26
Total68

Elected members

Source: [4]

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)		MemberPartyVoteRunner-up Candidates NamePartyvote
Kinnaur ST Tejwant Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17873 Jagat Singh Negi Indian National Congress 15384
Rampur SC Nand Lal Indian National Congress 26430 Brij Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 19960
Rohru None Virbhadra Singh Indian National Congress 30079Khushi Ram Balnatah Bharatiya Janata Party 15942
Jubbal-kotkhai None Narinder Bragta Bharatiya Janata Party 23714Rohit Indian National Congress 20890
Chopal NoneSubhash Chand Manglate Indian National Congress 20785 Radha Raman Shastri Bharatiya Janata Party 16453
Kumarsain None Vidya Stokes Indian National Congress 17375Pramod Kumar Sharma Independent 16125
Theog None Rakesh Verma Independent 21907Rajinder Singh Indian National Congress 16623
Simla None Suresh Bhardwaj Bharatiya Janata Party 12443 Sanjay Chauhan Communist Party of India 9855
Kasumpti SCSohan Lal Indian National Congress 22931Tarsem Bharti Bharatiya Janata Party 15632
Arki NoneGobind Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 21168Dharam Pal Thakur Independent 14481
Doon None Vinod Kumari Bharatiya Janata Party 22470Ch. Lajja Ram Indian National Congress 18974
Nalagarh None Hari Narayan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 28929 Lakhwinder Singh Rana(Papu) Indian National Congress 25108
Kasauli SC Rajiv Saizal Bharatiya Janata Party 21396Raghu Raj Indian National Congress 15022
Solan None Rajeev Bindal Bharatiya Janata Party 23597Kailash Prashar Indian National Congress 19881
Pachhad SCGangu Ram Musafir Indian National Congress 25383 Suresh Kumar Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party 22674
Rainka SC Prem Singh Indian National Congress 20756Balbir Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17477
Shillai None Harshwardhan Chauhan Indian National Congress 20247Amar Singh Chauhan Independent 16783
Paonta Doon None Sukh Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 29322 Kirnesh Jung Indian National Congress 24460
Nahan NoneKush Parmar Indian National Congress 15714 Shyama Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 14968
Kot-kehloor None Randhir Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 26828 Thakur Ram Lal Indian National Congress 21874
Bilaspur None Jagat Prakash Nadda Bharatiya Janata Party 24634Bamber Thakur Independent 13453
Ghumarwin NoneRajesh Dharmani Indian National Congress 24194Karam Dev Dharmani Bharatiya Janata Party 22263
Geharwin SC Rikhi Ram Kaundal Bharatiya Janata Party 24411Beeru Ram Kishore Indian National Congress 19777
Nadaun None Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Indian National Congress 17727Vijay Agnihotri Bharatiya Janata Party 17141
Hamirpur None Urmil Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 26378Anita K Verma Indian National Congress 19417
Bamsan None Prem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party 35054Col. Bidhi Chand Indian National Congress 9047
Mewa SC Ishwar Dass Dhiman Bharatiya Janata Party 24421Suresh Kumar Indian National Congress 14046
Nadaunta NoneBaldev Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 25634Vidya Kumari Jar Indian National Congress 10070
Gagret SCBalbir Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 23914Kuldeep Kumar Indian National Congress 20843
Chintpurni NoneRakesh Kalia Indian National Congress 26737Narender Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 10602
Santokgarh None Mukesh Agnihotri Indian National Congress 31267Jagroop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 24643
Una NoneSatpal Singh 'satti' Bharatiya Janata Party 33050Virender Gautam Indian National Congress 21198
Kutlehar NoneVirender Kanwar Bharatiya Janata Party 24677Ram Nath Sharma Indian National Congress 17734
Nurpur NoneRakesh Pathania Independent 29128Ajay Mahajan Indian National Congress 24963
GangathSCDes Raj Bharatiya Janata Party 24520Anita Kumari Independent 23830
Jawali NoneRajan Sushant Bharatiya Janata Party 26729Sujan Singh Pathania Indian National Congress 21548
Guler NoneNeeraj Bharti Indian National Congress 21500Harbans Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17499
JaswanNoneNikhil Rajour (manu Sharma) Indian National Congress 17692Bikram Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17574
Pragpur SCYog Raj Indian National Congress 21253Naveen Dhiman Bharatiya Janata Party 20911
Jawalamukhi NoneRamesh Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 22562Sanjay Rattan Independent 17798
Thural NoneRavinder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 18512Jagdish Chand Sapehia Independent 11833
Rajgir SCAtma Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 18829Dr. Milkhi Ram Goma Indian National Congress 17611
Baijnath NoneSudhir Sharma Indian National Congress 19921Dulo Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 16666
Palampur NoneParveen Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 25121Brij Behari Lal Butail Indian National Congress 22533
Sulah NoneVipin Singh Parmar Bharatiya Janata Party 19375Jagjiwan Paul Indian National Congress 18376
Nagrota NoneG. S. Bali Indian National Congress 28381Mangal Singh Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 22630
Shahpur NoneSarveen Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 25174Onkar Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 16143
Dharamsala NoneKishan Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party 20362Chandresh Kumari Indian National Congress 12746
Kangra NoneSanjay Chaudhary Bahujan Samaj Party 19017Chaudhary Surender Kaku Indian National Congress 17708
Bhattiyat NoneKuldeep Singh Pathania Indian National Congress 16746Bhupinder Singh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 16421
Banikhet NoneRenu Chadha Bharatiya Janata Party 28310Asha Kumari Indian National Congress 26245
Rajnagar SCSurinder Bhardwaj Indian National Congress 23596Mohan Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 21774
Chamba NoneBal Krishan Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 26705Pawan Nayyar Indian National Congress 18048
Bharmour STTulsi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 18420Thakar Singh Indian National Congress 18404
Lahaul And Spiti STDr. Ram Lal Markanda Bharatiya Janata Party 9117Phunchog Rai Indian National Congress 6951
Kulu NoneGovind Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 28925Dharamvir Dhami Bahujan Samaj Party 23892
Banjar NoneKhimi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 25037Satya Parkash Thakur Indian National Congress 24805
Ani SCKishori Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 27341Ishwar Dass Indian National Congress 25892
Karsog SCHira Lal Independent 19609Mansa Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 14082
Chachiot NoneJai Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 27102Shiv Lal Indian National Congress 23917
Nachan SCDile Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 29228Tek Chand Dogra Indian National Congress 21640
Sundernagar NoneRoop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 19056Sohan Lal Thakur Indian National Congress 16698
Balh SCPrakash Chaudhary Indian National Congress 24941Damodar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 22653
Gopalpur NoneInder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 28898Rangila Ram Rao Indian National Congress 21350
Dharampur NoneMahender Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 23090Chander Shekhar Indian National Congress 13252
Joginder Nagar NoneGulab Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 26926Thakur Surender Paul Indian National Congress 19923
Darang NoneKaul Singh Indian National Congress 29898Jawahar Lal Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 28089
Mandi NoneAnil Kumar Indian National Congress 22808Durga Datt Bharatiya Janata Party 20064

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  1. ↑ Sujay Mehdudia (31 December 2007). "Dhumal sworn in Chief Minister". The Hindu . Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Hon'ble Chief Minister - Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal". Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Himachal Pradesh 2007". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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