Bhattiyat Assembly constituency

Bhattiyat
Constituency No. 5 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
LS constituency	Kangra
Established	1951
Total electors	78,980 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kuldeep Singh Pathania
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Bhattiyat Assembly constituency is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. Bhattiyat is also part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[2] [3]}

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Picture	Party
1951	Jaiwant Ram			Indian National Congress
1967	I. Singh			Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Padma			Indian National Congress
1977	Shiv Kumar Upmanyu			Janata Party
1982				Indian National Congress
1985	Kuldeep Singh Pathania
1990	Shiv Kumar Upmanyu			Janata Dal
1993	Kuldeep Singh Pathania			Independent
1998	Kishori Lal			Bharatiya Janata Party
2003	Kuldeep Singh Pathania			Independent
2007				Indian National Congress
2012	Bikram Singh Jaryal [4]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2022	Kuldeep Singh Pathania			Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kuldeep Singh Pathania	25,989	43.73%	2.84
	BJP	Bikram Singh Jaryal	24,422	41.10%	12.46
	Independent	Nirmal Singh Pandey	7,741	13.03%	New
	Hindu Samaj Party	Amrita Chaudhry	607	1.02%	New
	NOTA	Nota	468	0.79%	0.42
	AAP	Naresh Kumar	197	0.33%	New
Margin of victory			1,567	2.64%	10.03
Turnout			59,424	72.83%	3.16
Registered electors			81,594		14.05
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	9.83

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bikram Singh Jaryal	29,119	53.56%	15.82
	INC	Kuldeep Singh Pathania	22,234	40.90%	3.39
	NOTA	None of the Above	655	1.20%	New
	Independent	Rahul Ranpatia	624	1.15%	New
	Independent	Nagesh Kumar	485	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			6,885	12.66%	12.43
Turnout			54,367	75.99%	2.43
Registered electors			71,545		9.73
	BJP hold		Swing	15.82

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bikram Singh Jaryal	18,098	37.74%	0.88
	INC	Kuldeep Singh Pathania	17,987	37.50%	0.09
	Independent	Bhupinder Singh Chauhan	9,870	20.58%	New
	CPI(M)	Sudesh Kumari	960	2.00%	New
	Independent	Sushil Kumar Dhiman	549	1.14%	New
	BSP	Kalu Ram	482	1.01%	0.98
Margin of victory			111	0.23%	0.50
Turnout			47,960	73.56%	1.42
Registered electors			65,199		9.74
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	0.15

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kuldeep Singh Pathania	16,746	37.59%	20.89
	BJP	Bhupinder Singh Chauhan	16,421	36.86%	17.15
	Independent	Bikram Singh Jaryal	10,474	23.51%	New
	BSP	Kalu Ram	884	1.98%	New
Margin of victory			325	0.73%	4.78
Turnout			44,549	74.98%	1.16
Registered electors			59,413		12.06
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	3.04

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kuldeep Singh Pathania	13,948	34.55%	New
	Independent	Bhupinder Singh Chauhan	11,722	29.04%	New
	BJP	Kishori Lal	7,957	19.71%	39.55
	INC	Shiv Kumar	6,744	16.71%	19.85
Margin of victory			2,226	5.51%	17.18
Turnout			40,371	76.32%	3.19
Registered electors			53,020		12.42
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	24.71

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kishori Lal	20,387	59.26%	30.38
	INC	Kuldeep Singh Pathania	12,578	36.56%	11.29
	HVC	Kalu Ram	862	2.51%	New
	JD	Ashok Singh Bist	497	1.44%	New
Margin of victory			7,809	22.70%	6.35
Turnout			34,404	74.17%	2.76
Registered electors			47,162		10.13
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing	14.03

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kuldeep Singh	13,595	45.23%	New
	BJP	Brij Lal	8,681	28.88%	New
	INC	Shiv Kumar	7,596	25.27%	8.79
	Independent	Bhagat Ram	187	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			4,914	16.35%	11.53
Turnout			30,059	70.98%	8.30
Registered electors			42,825		5.09
	Independent gain from JD		Swing	16.71

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Shiv Kumar	15,620	61.94%	New
	INC	Kuldeep Singh Pathania	8,589	34.06%	13.77
	Independent	Bishamber Das	840	3.33%	New
	Independent	Virender Singh	170	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			7,031	27.88%	18.92
Turnout			25,219	62.61%	5.23
Registered electors			40,751		26.10
	JD gain from INC		Swing	14.11

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kuldeep Singh Pathania	10,374	47.83%	9.08
	Independent	Shiv Kumar	8,430	38.87%	New
	BJP	Amar Singh	2,853	13.15%	26.28
Margin of victory			1,944	8.96%	8.52
Turnout			21,690	67.89%	5.79
Registered electors			32,316		4.47
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shiv Kumar	10,796	56.91%	New
	BJP	Amar Singh	7,480	39.43%	New
	LKD	Jagdish	695	3.66%	New
Margin of victory			3,316	17.48%	42.94
Turnout			18,971	62.19%	17.64
Registered electors			30,932		13.86
	INC gain from JP		Swing	17.92

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Shiv Kumar	8,881	74.83%	New
	Independent	Jagdish Chand	1,710	14.41%	New
	Independent	Digti Ram `	1,277	10.76%	New
Margin of victory			7,171	60.42%	48.64
Turnout			11,868	44.28%	16.52
Registered electors			27,166		7.90
	JP gain from INC		Swing	27.00

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Padma	3,272	47.84%	19.09
	INC(O)	Jagdish	2,466	36.05%	New
	Independent	Amar Singh	961	14.05%	New
	Independent	Daya Chand	141	2.06%	New
Margin of victory			806	11.78%	4.95
Turnout			6,840	27.93%	10.68
Registered electors			25,178		12.75
	INC gain from ABJS		Swing	12.25

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ABJS	I. Singh	3,008	35.59%	New
	INC	D. Chand	2,430	28.75%	25.02
	Independent	K. Kishore	1,953	23.11%	New
	Independent	Shiv Kumar	1,061	12.55%	New
Margin of victory			578	6.84%	19.08
Turnout			8,452	39.55%	16.14
Registered electors			22,330		42.30
	ABJS gain from INC		Swing	18.18

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Bhattiyat ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jaiwant Ram	1,832	53.77%	New
	Independent	Madho Ram ( S/O Nand Lal )	949	27.85%	New
	Independent	Madho Ram ( S/O Damodar )	361	10.60%	New
	KMPP	Pritam Singh	265	7.78%	New
Margin of victory			883	25.92%
Turnout			3,407	21.71%
Registered electors			15,692
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Kangra district
• List of constituencies of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Election Department, Himachal Pradesh". himachal.nic.in. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
2. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Bhattiyat Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
3. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
4. 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. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

External links

• "Results of Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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