Mandi HP-2 | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
![]() Mandi Lok Sabha constituency within Himachal Pradesh | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
State | Himachal Pradesh |
Assembly constituencies | 17: Kinnaur, Bharmour, Lahaul & Spiti, Manali, Kullu, Banjar, Anni, Karsog, Sundernagar, Nachan, Seraj, Darang, Jogindernagar, Mandi, Balh, Sarkaghat and Rampur |
Established | 1952 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
18th Lok Sabha | |
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Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2024 |
Preceded by | Pratibha Singh |
Mandi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India represented by Kangana Ranaut, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2024.
Mandi Parliamentary constituency already emerged as a hot bed of politics where not only the BJP and the Congress will fight for their prestige, but is the only seat in the state where the Left front has popped up a candidate. [1] The constituency then was named as Mandi - Mahasu was represented by Rani Amrit Kaur of the erstwhile Patiala state and Sh Gopi Ram Mandi during 1952–57. In the Lok Sabha elections that followed in 1957, the seat was represented by Raja Joginder Sen of the erstwhile Mandi state, who represented the seat till 1962. In the following elections that year Raja Lalit Sen of Sundarnagar or the erstwhile Suket State was elected. He repeated his victory in the 1967 elections.
However, in period from 1977 to 1979, the constituency was represented by Ganga Singh who represented the Janata Party, which came to power at the centre immediately after the elections that followed the imposition of emergency in the country and the Congress, under Indira Gandhi was routed. He defeated Congress candidate Virbhadra Singh.
Then came along the man, who called himself the son-of-the-soil, Sukh Ram. He switched from state politics to the Parliament and won comfortably in 1985. In the next election, however, it was again another blue-blooded royal, Maheshwar Singh, scion of the erstwhile Kullu state who drubbed the son-of-the-soil at the polls.
But Sukh Ram bounced back and won again in 1994, but was expelled from the Congress a couple of years later, following the reported recovery of large amounts of cash from his residence. To re-establish his political dominion Sukh Ram floated Himachal Vikas Congress and came back into politics with a bang – winning five Assembly seats in 1998 along with wresting Shimla (reserved) parliamentary seat from the Congress in 1999. In 1998, Sukh Ram's HVC under an alliance with the BJP supported the candidature of Maheshwar Singh, who won easily. In 2004, Congress candidate Pratibha Singh defeated Maheshwar Singh. In the last Parliament elections 2009, Congress candidate Virbhadra Singh defeated Maheshwar Singh by a very small gap. [2]
Mandi Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following 17 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: [1]
No | Name | District | Member | Party | |
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2 | Bharmour (ST) | Chamba | Janak Raj | BJP | |
21 | Lahaul and Spiti (ST) | Lahaul & Spiti | Anuradha Rana | INC | |
22 | Manali | Kullu | Bhuvaneshwar Gaur | INC | |
23 | Kullu | Surinder Singh Thakur | INC | ||
24 | Banjar | Surender Shourie | BJP | ||
25 | Anni (SC) | Lokender Kumar | BJP | ||
26 | Karsog (SC) | Mandi | Deepraj Kapoor | BJP | |
27 | Sundernagar | Rakesh Jamwal | BJP | ||
28 | Nachan (SC) | Vinod Kumar | BJP | ||
29 | Seraj | Jai Ram Thakur | BJP | ||
30 | Darang | Puran Chand Thakur | BJP | ||
31 | Jogindernagar | Prakash Prem Kumar Rana | BJP | ||
33 | Mandi | Anil Sharma | BJP | ||
34 | Balh (SC) | Inder Singh | BJP | ||
35 | Sarkaghat | Dalip Thakur | BJP | ||
66 | Rampur (SC) | Shimla | Nand Lal | INC | |
68 | Kinnaur (ST) | Kinnaur | Jagat Singh Negi | INC |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Kangana Ranaut | 537,022 | 52.87 | ![]() | |
INC | Vikramaditya Singh | 462,267 | 45.51 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 5,645 | 0.56 | ![]() | |
Majority | 74,755 | 7.36 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 10,18,685 | 73.97 | ![]() | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Pratibha Singh | 369,565 | 49.14 | ![]() | |
BJP | Brigadier Khushal Thakur | 362,075 | 48.14 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 12,661 | 1.68 | ![]() | |
Majority | 7,490 | 1.00 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 752,071 | 57.98 | ![]() | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Ram Swaroop Sharma | 647,189 | 68.75 | ![]() | |
INC | Aashray Sharma | 241,730 | 25.68 | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Dilip Singh Kayath | 14,838 | 1.58 | ![]() | |
BSP | Ses Ram | 9,060 | 0.96 | ![]() | |
None of the Above | None of the Above | 5,298 | 0.56 | ![]() | |
Majority | 405,459 | 43.07 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 943,148 | 73.60 | ![]() | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Ram Swaroop Sharma | 362,824 | 49.94 | ![]() | |
INC | Pratibha Singh | 322,968 | 44.46 | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Kushal Bhardwaj | 13,965 | 1.92 | New | |
AAP | Jai Chand Thakur | 9,359 | 1.29 | New | |
BSP | Lala Ram | 21,780 | 3.0 | New | |
NOTA | None of the above | 6,191 | 0.85 | N/A | |
Majority | 39,856 | 5.48 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 726,094 | 63.12 | ![]() | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Pratibha Singh | 353,492 | 60.71 | ![]() | |
BJP | Jai Ram Thakur | 2,16,765 | 37.23 | ![]() | |
Independent | Subhash Mohan Snehi | 6,057 | 1.04 | New | |
PRISM | Lawan Kumar | 5,932 | 1.02 | New | |
Majority | 1,36,727 | 23.48 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 5,82,249 | 51.80 | ![]() | ||
INC hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Virbhadra Singh | 340,973 | 47.82 | ![]() | |
BJP | Maheshwar Singh | 3,26,976 | 45.85 | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Dr. Onkar Shad | 20,664 | 2.89 | New | |
BSP | Lala Ram | 10,131 | 1.42 | ![]() | |
RWS | Hookam Chand Shastri | 7,877 | 1.10 | New | |
Independent | Shan Mohammad | 6,405 | 0.89 | New | |
Majority | 13,997 | 1.97 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 7,13,026 | 64.09 | ![]() | ||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Pratibha Singh | 357,623 | 53.41 | ![]() | |
BJP | Maheshwar Singh | 291,057 | 43.47 | ![]() | |
BSP | Mohan Lal Sahni | 8,671 | 1.30 | New | |
Independent | Shah Mohammad | 8,076 | 1.21 | New | |
Independent | Kashmir Singh Guleria | 4,125 | 0.62 | New | |
Majority | 66,566 | 9.94 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 669,552 | 62.91 | ![]() | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Maheshwar Singh | 325,929 | 62.05 | ![]() | |
INC | Kaul Singh | 1,94,904 | 37.11 | ![]() | |
NCP | Ravi Thakur | 3,657 | 0.7 | New | |
Independent | Amar Nirgotra | 750 | 0.14 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,31,025 | 24.94 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 5,28,636 | 54.56 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Maheshwar Singh | 304,210 | 62.44 | ![]() | |
INC | Pratibha Singh | 1,72,378 | 35.38 | ![]() | |
Sukh Ram | 8,304 | 1.70 | |||
SJP(R) | Dina Nath | 1,265 | 0.26 | New | |
Independent | Amar Nirgotra | 1,081 | 0.22 | New | |
Majority | 1,31,832 | 27.06 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 4,90,660 | ||||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Sukh Ram | 328,186 | 62.44 | ||
BJP | Adan Singh Thakur | 1,74,963 | 33.29 | ||
SP | Ganga Singh | 6,460 | 1.23 | ||
SS | Subh Ram Thakray | 790 | 0.15 | ||
AIIC(T) | Chandermani Sharma | 3,717 | 0.71 | ||
Independent | Amar Nirgotra | 4,608 | 0.88 | ||
Independent | Kanshi Ram | 1,954 | 0.37 | ||
Independent | Devender Sharma | 1049 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Bal Krishan | 936 | 0.18 | ||
Independent | Diwan Chand Gupta | 768 | 0.15 | ||
Independent | Ramesh Chand Gautam | 739 | 0.14 | ||
Independent | Jeevan Parkash Sharma | 695 | 0.13 | ||
Independent | Brikam Ram | 449 | 0.09 | ||
Independent | Ramesh Kumar Garla | 294 | 0.06 | ||
Majority | 1,53,223 | 29.15 | |||
Turnout | 5,25,608 | ||||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Sukh Ram | 233,380 | 49.70 | ||
BJP | Maheshwar Singh | 2,06,753 | 44.03 | ||
JD | Karam Singh | 18,112 | 3.86 | ||
SS | Subh Ram Thakray | 790 | 0.15 | ||
Doordarshi Party | Om Prakash | 3970 | 0.85 | ||
JP | Prem Singh Thakur | 2,829 | 0.60 | ||
Independent | Om Dutt Sharma | 1,954 | 0.37 | ||
Independent | Krishan Lal Sharma | 1049 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Amar Nirogotra | 936 | 0.18 | ||
Independent | Nawal Thakur | 768 | 0.15 | ||
Independent | Gian Chand Paniala | 739 | 0.14 | ||
Independent | Jeevan Parkash Sharma | 695 | 0.13 | ||
Independent | Brikam Ram | 449 | 0.09 | ||
Independent | Ramesh Kumar Garla | 294 | 0.06 | ||
Majority | 26,627 | 5.67 | |||
Turnout | 4,72,718 | ||||
INC gain from BJP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Maheshwar Singh | 234,164 | 50.36 | ||
INC | Sukh Ram | 2,06,095 | 44.33 | ||
CPI(M) | D.N. Kapoor | 9,736 | 2.09 | ||
Doordarshi Party | O.M. Prakash | 5,510 | 1.19 | ||
BSP | Dharam Singh | 4,489 | 0.97 | ||
JP | Naval Thaur | 3,423 | 0.74 | ||
Independent | Raj Kumar | 1,530 | 0.33 | ||
Majority | 28,069 | 6.03 | |||
Turnout | 4,64,947 | ||||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Sukh Ram | 224,146 | 67.52 | ||
BJP | Madhukar Singh | 92,495 | 27.86 | ||
INC(J) | Nand Singh | 3,817 | 1.15 | ||
JP | Het Ram | 2,331 | 0.70 | ||
Independent | Kamal Kishore | 2,921 | 0.88 | ||
Independent | Narpat Ram Chauhan | 2,616 | 0.79 | ||
Independent | Nawal Thakur | 2,453 | 0.74 | ||
Independent | Durga Singh Rathore | 1,194 | 0.36 | ||
Majority | 1,31,651 | 39.66 | |||
Turnout | 3,31,973 | ||||
INC gain from IC(S) | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
IC(S) | Virbhadra Singh | 166,949 | 56.60 | New | |
JP | Ganga Singh | 1,08,595 | 36.82 | ||
JP(S) | Bhagat Guru | 12,544 | 4.25 | ||
Independent | Puran Mal | 4,626 | 1.57 | ||
Independent | Naval Thakur | 2,255 | 0.76 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
IC(S) gain from BLD | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JP | Ganga Singh Thakur | 138,638 | 53.52 | ||
INC | Virbhadra Singh | 1,02,143 | 39.19 | ||
CPI(M) | Tara Chand | 8,950 | 3.45 | ||
Independent | Nawal Thakur | 7,817 | 3.01 | ||
Independent | Ani Rudh | 2,167 | 0.83 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
JP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Virbhadra Singh | 114,957 | 71.95 | ||
LRP | Mandhar Lal | 25,780 | 16.14 | ||
INC(O) | Gauri Prashad | 6,344 | 3.97 | ||
Independent | Nawal Thakur | 4,914 | 3.08 | ||
Independent | Mahavr Prashad | 4,587 | 0.87 | ||
Independent | Tulsi Ram | 3,182 | 1.99 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
INC gain from LRP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Lalit Sen | 62,596 | 51.65 | ||
Independent | I. Singh | 28,331 | 23.38 | ||
Independent | D.S.Ram | 26,877 | 22.18 | ||
Independent | N.D. Joshi | 3,377 | 2.79 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
INC gain from | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Lalit Sen | 46,856 | 63.56 | ||
SWA | Ambika Kumari | 20,600 | 27.95 | ||
ABJS | Kuldip Singh | 2,742 | 3.72 | ||
Independent | Tej Singh | 3,516 | 4.77 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
INC gain from SWA | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Joginder Sen | 57,530 | 63.47 | ||
Independent | Anand Chand | 33,110 | 36.53 | ||
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Turnout | |||||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Amrit Kaur | 47,152 | 26.89 | ||
INC | Gopi Ram | 41,433 | 26.63 | ||
KMPP | Tej Singh | 19,872 | 11.33 | ||
SCF | Anokhi Ram | 18,988 | 10.83 | ||
Socialist | Muni Lal | 16,780 | 9.57 | ||
ABJS | Hari Dutt | 12,053 | 6.87 | ||
Independent | Kahan Singh | 19,099 | 10.89 | ||
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INC win (new seat) |