Kangra Lok Sabha constituency

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Kangra
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Lok Sabha constituency
Kangra Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Kangra Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Himachal Pradesh
Assembly constituencies17: Churah, Chamba, Dalhousie, Bhattiyat, Nurpur, Indora, Fatehpur, Jawali, Jawalamukhi, Jaisinghpur, Sullah, Nagrota, Kangra, Shahpur, Dharamshala, Palampur and Baijnath
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2024
Preceded by Kishan Kapoor

Kangra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. [1] [2]

Contents

Assembly segments

Kangra Lok Sabha constituency presently comprised the following 17 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: [2]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead
1 Churah (SC) Chamba Hans Raj BJP BJP
3 Chamba Niraj Nayyar INC BJP
4 Dalhousie Dhavinder Singh BJP BJP
5 Bhattiyat Kuldeep Singh Pathania INC BJP
6 Nurpur Kangra Ranbir Singh BJP BJP
7 Indora (SC) Malender Rajan INC BJP
8 Fatehpur Bhawani Singh Pathania INC BJP
9 Jawali Chander Kumar INC BJP
12 Jawalamukhi Sanjay Rattan INC BJP
13 Jaisinghpur (SC) Yadvinder Goma INC BJP
14 Sullah Vipin Singh Parmar BJP BJP
15 Nagrota Raghubir Singh Bali INC BJP
16 Kangra Pawan Kumar Kajal BJP BJP
17 Shahpur Kewal Singh Pathania INC BJP
18 Dharamshala Sudhir Sharma BJP BJP
19 Palampur Ashish Butail INC BJP
20 Baijnath (SC)Kishori Lal INC BJP

Members of Parliament

YearName [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Party
1952 Hem Raj Indian National Congress
1957
Daljit Singh
1962 Hem Raj
1967
1971 Vikram Chand Mahajan
1977 Kanwar Durga Chand Janata Party
1980 Vikram Chand Mahajan Indian National Congress
1984 Chandresh Kumari Katoch
1989 Shanta Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 D. D. Khanoria
1996 Sat Mahajan Indian National Congress
1998 Shanta Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004 Chander Kumar Indian National Congress
2009 Rajan Sushant Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Shanta Kumar
2019 Kishan Kapoor
2024 Rajeev Bhardwaj

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Kangra [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Rajeev Bhardwaj 632,793 61.03 Decrease2.svg10.09
INC Anand Sharma 3,80,89836.74Increase2.svg12.15
BSP Rekha Chaudhary7,7530.75Decrease2.svg0.13
IND Adv Sanjay Sharma2,3190.22New
IND Dr Kehkar Singh2,1780.21New
NOTA None of the Above 6,3720.61Decrease2.svg0.51
Majority 2,51,89524.29Decrease2.svg23.14
Turnout 10,38,67868.15
BJP hold Swing Decrease2.svg10.99

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kangra [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Kishan Kapoor 725,218 72.02 Increase2.svg14.96
INC Pawan Kajal2,47,59524.59Decrease2.svg11.20
BSP Dr. Kehar Singh8,8660.88Increase2.svg0.14
IND Dr. Sanjiv Guleria4,5730.45New
IND Prem Chand Vishwakarma2,3710.24New
NOTA None of the Above 11,3271.12Increase2.svg0.03
Majority 4,77,62347.43Increase2.svg26.16
Turnout 10,06,98970.55Increase2.svg7.03
BJP hold Swing Increase2.svg14.96

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kangra [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Shanta Kumar 456,163 57.06 Increase2.svg8.37
INC Chander Kumar 2,86,09135.79Decrease2.svg9.76
AAP Dr. Rajan Sushant 24,4303.06New
BSP Lal Hussain5,9490.74Decrease2.svg1.19
IND. Bhupinder Mehra5,5850.70Increase2.svg0.70
NOTA None of the Above 8,7041.09Increase2.svg1.09
Majority 1,70,07221.27Increase2.svg18.13
Turnout 7,99,44563.52Increase2.svg8.37
BJP hold Swing Increase2.svg8.37

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Kangra [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Dr. Rajan Sushant 322,254 48.69
INC Chander Kumar 3,01,47545.55
BSP Col. Narinder Singh Pathania12,7451.93
IND. Roshan Lal8,2831.25
LJP Keshab7,7201.17
Majority 20,7793.14
Turnout 6,61,84755.15
BJP gain from INC Swing

2004

PartyCandidate NameVotesVotes %
INC Chander Kumar314,55549.1%
BJP Shanta Kumar296,76446.3%
BSP Lt. Col. Shakti Chand Chaudhary (Retd.)10,8601.7%
IND Fakir Chand10,5941.7%
SP Roshan Rana7,0921.1%
IND Dhani Ram3,3120.5%
Majority17,7912.8%
Turnout6,40,34562.0%

General elections 1999

1999 Indian general elections: Kangra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Shanta Kumar 325,066 58.80%
INC Sat Mahajan 2,24,32440.58%
Majority 1,00,742
Turnout 5,52,86059.57%
BJP hold Swing

General elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Kangra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Shanta Kumar 334,684 52.65%
INC Sat Mahajan 2,75,44943.33%
Majority 59,235
Turnout 6,35,73071.71%
BJP gain from INC Swing

General elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Kangra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sat Mahajan 263,817 49.64%
BJP Shanta Kumar 2,26,29342.58%
Majority 37,524
Turnout 5,31,42961.23%
INC gain from BJP Swing

General elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Kangra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP D. D. Khanoria 174,457 41.01%
INC Chandresh Kumari 1,63,64138.46%
JD Suresh Chaudhary75,90517.84%
Majority 10,816
Turnout 4,25,43455.83%
BJP hold Swing

General elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Kangra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Shanta Kumar 235,147 46.33%
INC Chandresh Kumari 1,75,94334.66%
JD Vijai Singh Mankotia74,98314.77%
Majority 59,204
Turnout 5,07,57769.58%
BJP gain from INC Swing

General elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Kangra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Chandresh Kumari 232,287 62.45%
BJP Sarvan Kumar1,14,85430.88%
Majority 37,524
Turnout 3,71,95467.09%
INC gain from INC(I) Swing

General elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Kangra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Vikram Chand Mahajan 148,946 45.25%
JP Sarvan Kumar Chaudhari1,14,85430.88%
JP(S) Kanwar Durga Chand 25,7277.82%
Majority 30,930
Turnout 3,29,12963.99%
INC gain from JP Swing

General elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Kangra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP Kanwar Durga Chand 157,832 53.17%
INC Vikram Chand Mahajan 1,18,82840.03%
CPI Bansi Ram15,7095.29%
Majority 39,004
Turnout 2,96,83663.96%
JP gain from INC Swing

General elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Kangra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Vikram Chand Mahajan 111,276 65.97%
ABJS Sarvan Kumar Chaudhari40,38823.94%
CPI Paras Ram11,2496.67%
Majority 30,930
Turnout 1,68,68042.57%
INC hold Swing

General elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Kangra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Hem Raj 44,262 33.03%
ABJS Sarvan Kumar Chaudhari38,86029.00%
Independent M. Ram21,07315.73%
Majority 5,402
Turnout 1,34,00154.22%
INC hold Swing

See also

References

  1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Result of H.P. of Lok Sabha Elections-2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  3. "General Election, 1977 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. "General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  5. "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. 1 2 "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  7. 1 2 "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  8. 1 2 "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  9. Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kangra". Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

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