Kutlehar Assembly constituency

Kutlehar
Constituency for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Una
LS constituency	Hamirpur
Established	1967
Total electors	86,934 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Davinder Kumar Bhutto
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Kutlehar Assembly constituency is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh a northern Indian state. Kutlehar is also part of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2] It has the territory of the former Kutlehar State.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Picture	Party
1967	R. Singh			Independent
1972	Sarla Sharma			Indian National Congress
1977	Ramnath Sharma			Janata Party
1982	Thakur Ranjit Singh			Janata Party
1985	Ramnath Sharma			Indian National Congress
1990	Thakur Ranjit Singh			Janata Dal
1993	Ram Dass Malangar			Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
2003	Virender Kanwar [3]
2007
2012
2017
2022	Davinder Kumar [4]			Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Kutlehar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Davinder Kumar Bhutto	36,636	54.84%	12.41
	BJP	Virender Kanwar	29,057	43.49%	8.26
	AAP	Anil Mankotia	596	0.89%	New
	NOTA	Nota	378	0.57%	0.05
	Independent	Capt. Jaidyal Singh Pal	141	0.21%	New
Margin of victory			7,579	11.34%	2.02
Turnout			66,808	76.85%	1.44
Registered electors			86,934		9.09
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	3.09

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Kutlehar ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Virender Kanwar	31,101	51.75%	2.47
	INC	Vivek Sharma	25,495	42.42%	3.65
	Independent	Shiv Hari Pal	1,017	1.69%	New
	BSP	Manohar Lal	570	0.95%	0.05
	Swabhiman Party	Sandeep Sharma	365	0.61%	New
	Independent	Sawarn Dass	363	0.60%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	311	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			5,606	9.33%	6.12
Turnout			60,097	75.41%	2.66
Registered electors			79,693		9.78
	BJP hold		Swing	2.47

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Kutlehar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Virender Kanwar	26,028	49.28%	4.64
	INC	Ram Dass	24,336	46.08%	7.32
	Himachal Swabhiman Party	Sandeep Sharma	699	1.32%	New
	HLC	Sunita Devi	518	0.98%	New
	BSP	Ramesh Chand	477	0.90%	4.87
	AITC	Mahinder Pal	440	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			1,692	3.20%	11.97
Turnout			52,815	72.75%	4.07
Registered electors			72,596		8.96
	BJP hold		Swing	4.64

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Kutlehar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Virender Kanwar	24,677	53.93%	25.10
	INC	Ram Nath Sharma	17,734	38.75%	19.04
	BSP	Roshan Lal Arvind	2,640	5.77%	9.95
	LJP	Ravinder Kumar Garg	701	1.53%	New
Margin of victory			6,943	15.17%	6.05
Turnout			45,761	68.68%	3.51
Registered electors			66,629		12.02
	BJP hold		Swing	25.10

Assembly Election 2003

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Virender Kanwar	12,380	28.83%	4.75
	INC	Saroj Thakur	8,464	19.71%	13.86
	Independent	Ram Dass Malangar	8,062	18.77%	New
	Independent	Mahender Pal	6,851	15.95%	New
	BSP	Pt. Des Raj Modgil	6,748	15.71%	8.83
	Independent	Ajay Kumar	436	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			3,916	9.12%	9.11
Turnout			42,941	72.20%	2.38
Registered electors			59,480		19.60
	BJP hold		Swing	4.75

Assembly Election 1998

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Dass Malangar	11,660	33.58%	12.71
	INC	Mahendra Pal	11,657	33.57%	9.69
	Independent	Ram Nath Sharma	7,977	22.97%	New
	BSP	Roshan Lal Arvind	2,391	6.89%	3.45
	JD	Capt. Onkar Chand Lohia	507	1.46%	5.36
	Independent	Desh Raj Gautam	282	0.81%	New
	AIRJP	Suresh Chand	191	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			3	0.01%	3.02
Turnout			34,722	71.34%	3.02
Registered electors			49,732		3.59
	BJP hold		Swing	12.71

Assembly Election 1993

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Dass Malangar	14,846	46.29%	New
	INC	Ram Nath Sharma	13,874	43.26%	4.33
	JD	Ranjeet Singh	2,188	6.82%	45.13
	BSP	Harbans Singh	1,103	3.44%	New
Margin of victory			972	3.03%	9.98
Turnout			32,069	67.38%	1.13
Registered electors			48,010		2.40
	BJP gain from JD		Swing	5.65

Assembly Election 1990

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Ranjit Singh	15,994	51.95%	New
	INC	Ram Nath Sharma	11,988	38.94%	17.02
	Independent	Mahinder Ram	1,714	5.57%	New
	CPI	Satya Prasad	394	1.28%	New
	INS(SCS)	Baldev Sharma	352	1.14%	New
	Independent	Om Parkash Shukla	240	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			4,006	13.01%	3.46
Turnout			30,788	66.12%	4.08
Registered electors			46,887		32.93
	JD gain from INC		Swing	4.01

Assembly Election 1985

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ram Nath Sharma	13,766	55.96%	27.01
	JP	Ranjit Singh	9,714	39.49%	6.93
	Independent	Saran Dass	468	1.90%	New
	Independent	Bhawan Dass	383	1.56%	New
	Independent	Parkash Chand Maryana	269	1.09%	New
Margin of victory			4,052	16.47%	12.86
Turnout			24,600	70.43%	4.76
Registered electors			35,272		6.26
	INC gain from JP		Swing	23.41

Assembly Election 1982

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Ranjit Singh	7,022	32.55%	21.00
	INC	Ram Nath Sharma	6,244	28.95%	3.72
	BJP	Ved Rattan Arya	6,147	28.50%	New
	Independent	Gurdev Singh	1,754	8.13%	New
	Independent	Partap Singh	210	0.97%	New
	Independent	Dalip Singh	194	0.90%	New
Margin of victory			778	3.61%	17.28
Turnout			21,571	65.82%	4.24
Registered electors			33,194		9.79
	JP hold		Swing	21.00

Assembly Election 1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Ram Nath Sharma	9,836	53.56%	New
	INC	Sarla Devi	6,000	32.67%	29.68
	Independent	Onkar Singh	1,784	9.71%	New
	Independent	Jagdish Ram	209	1.14%	New
	Independent	Prem Dass	160	0.87%	New
	Independent	Baldev	135	0.74%	New
	Independent	Amrit Ram	133	0.72%	New
	Independent	Parshotam Singh	109	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			3,836	20.89%	3.80
Turnout			18,366	61.52%	1.31
Registered electors			30,234		4.22
	JP gain from INC		Swing	8.79

Assembly Election 1972

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sarla Sharma	10,750	62.34%	34.21
	LRP	Ranjit Singh	6,493	37.66%	New
Margin of victory			4,257	24.69%	4.83
Turnout			17,243	61.00%	1.50
Registered electors			29,010		16.41
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	14.36

Assembly Election 1967

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Singh	6,929	47.99%	New
	INC	S. Devi	4,062	28.13%	New
	Independent	O. Singh	1,399	9.69%	New
	Independent	U. Ram	1,337	9.26%	New
	ABJS	R. Lok	566	3.92%	New
	Independent	S. Parshad	146	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			2,867	19.86%
Turnout			14,439	62.50%
Registered electors			24,920
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Una district
• Kutlehar
• Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency

References

1. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 April 2023.
2. Sitting and previous MLAs from Kutlehar Assembly constituency
3. Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017" . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "2022 Election Results". www.results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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.

External links

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

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