Hamirpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Hamirpur
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
District Hamirpur
State Himachal Pradesh
Current constituency
Created1967
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA Prem Kumar Dhumal
ReservationNone

Hamirpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. Hamirpur is also part of Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Himachal Pradesh State in northern India

Himachal Pradesh is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is bordered by states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west, Haryana on the southwest, Uttarakhand on the southeast, and Tibet on the east. At its southernmost point, it also touches the state of Uttar Pradesh. The state's name was coined by acharya Diwakar Dutt Sharma, one of the state's eminent Sanskrit scholars.

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Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. For 16th Lok Sabha voting is held on 7 May 2014 on this seat.

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Thakur Jagdev Chand was a stalwart leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Himachal Pradesh. He was elected to Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Hamirpur and served as cabinet minister in Government of Himachal Pradesh.He was elected five times uninterrupted. He died in 1993, soon after his fifth victory.

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References

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  2. ↑ Statistical Report On General Election, 2007 To The Legislative Assembly Of Himachal Pradesh (PDF) (Report). Election Commission of India.
  3. ↑ Statistical Report On General Election, 2003 To The Legislative Assembly Of Himachal Pradesh (PDF) (Report). Election Commission of India.
  4. ↑ Statistical Report On General Election, 1998 To The Legislative Assembly Of Himachal Pradesh (PDF) (Report). Election Commission of India.
  5. ↑ Statistical Report On General Election, 1993 To The Legislative Assembly Of Himachal Pradesh (PDF) (Report). Election Commission of India.
  6. ↑ Statistical Report On General Election, 1990 To The Legislative Assembly Of Himachal Pradesh (PDF) (Report). Election Commission of India.
  7. ↑ Statistical Report On General Election, 1985 To The Legislative Assembly Of Himachal Pradesh (PDF) (Report). Election Commission of India.
  8. ↑ Statistical Report On General Election, 1982 To The Legislative Assembly Of Himachal Pradesh (PDF) (Report). Election Commission of India.
  9. ↑ Statistical Report On General Election, 1977 To The Legislative Assembly Of Himachal Pradesh (PDF) (Report). Election Commission of India.

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