Pachhad Assembly constituency

Pachhad
Constituency No. 55 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
LS constituency	Shimla
Established	1951
Total electors	77,181 [1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Reena Kashyap
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Pachhad is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. It is also part of Shimla Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Picture	Party
1951	Yashwant Singh Parmar			Indian National Congress
1967	Jiwnu
1972	Zalam Singh
1977	Shri Ram Jakhmi			Janata Party
1982	Gangu Ram Musafir			Independent
1985				Indian National Congress
1990
1993
1998
2003
2007
2012	Suresh Kumar Kashyap			Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2019 by-election	Reena Kashyap
2022 [5]

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Reena Kashyap	21,215	34.52%	6.57
	INC	Dayal Pyari	17,358	28.25%	7.64
	Independent	Gangu Ram Musafir	13,187	21.46%	New
	Rashtriya Devbhumi Party	Susheel Kumar Bhrigu	8,113	13.20%	New
	AAP	Ajay Singh	568	0.92%	New
	CPI(M)	Ashish Kumar	543	0.88%	New
	NOTA	Nota	466	0.76%	0.17
Margin of victory			3,857	6.28%	1.07
Turnout			61,450	79.62%	7.20
Registered electors			77,181		3.62
	BJP hold		Swing	6.57

Assembly By-election 2019

2019 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Reena Kashyap	22,167	41.09%	12.33
	INC	Gangu Ram Musafir	19,359	35.89%	6.18
	Independent	Dayal Pyari	11,698	21.69%	New
	Independent	Pawan Kumar	428	0.79%	New
	NOTA	Nota	318	0.59%	New
	Independent	Surender Pal	292	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			2,808	5.21%	6.15
Turnout			53,944	72.55%	9.49
Registered electors			74,487		7.78
	BJP hold		Swing	12.33

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Kumar Kashyap	30,243	53.42%	2.61
	INC	Gangu Ram Musafir	23,816	42.07%	3.51
	Independent	Rattan Singh Kashyap	1,182	2.09%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	495	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			6,427	11.35%	6.12
Turnout			56,611	81.91%	1.90
Registered electors			69,110		10.23
	BJP hold		Swing	2.61

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Kumar Kashyap	25,488	50.81%	4.90
	INC	Gangu Ram Musafir	22,863	45.58%	5.82
	AITC	Rangi Ram	668	1.33%	New
	NCP	Ram Rattan	412	0.82%	New
	HLC	Desh Raj	384	0.77%	New
	BSP	Shanti Devi	298	0.59%	1.91
Margin of victory			2,625	5.23%	0.25
Turnout			50,165	80.01%	0.31
Registered electors			62,697		1.96
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	0.59

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gangu Ram Musafir	25,383	51.40%	2.08
	BJP	Suresh Kumar Kashyap	22,674	45.91%	0.48
	BSP	Parkash Dutt Bhatia	1,239	2.51%	New
Margin of victory			2,709	5.49%	2.56
Turnout			49,388	80.32%	0.96
Registered electors			61,491		11.03
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gangu Ram Musafir	21,671	49.31%	15.22
	BJP	Ram Prakash	20,385	46.39%	20.18
	Independent	Surinder Singh	1,890	4.30%	New
Margin of victory			1,286	2.93%	35.40
Turnout			43,946	79.56%	3.54
Registered electors			55,380		11.92
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gangu Ram Musafir	24,208	64.53%	7.04
	BJP	Kali Dass Kashyap	9,832	26.21%	12.02
	HVC	Subhash Chand	3,473	9.26%	New
Margin of victory			14,376	38.32%	19.06
Turnout			37,513	76.89%	0.09
Registered electors			49,481		13.24
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gangu Ram Musafir	19,021	57.49%	0.30
	BJP	Ram Parkash	12,649	38.23%	1.99
	CPI	Naresh Kumar	1,322	4.00%	New
Margin of victory			6,372	19.26%	1.69
Turnout			33,086	76.45%	2.99
Registered electors			43,695		8.00
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gangu Ram Musafir	17,006	57.79%	19.01
	BJP	Kali Dass Kashyap	11,835	40.22%	17.03
	Independent	Lekh Ram	584	1.98%	New
Margin of victory			5,171	17.57%	36.04
Turnout			29,425	73.22%	3.52
Registered electors			40,460		22.99
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gangu Ram	17,485	76.81%	52.61
	BJP	Shiv Ram	5,280	23.19%	1.83
Margin of victory			12,205	53.61%	30.93
Turnout			22,765	69.71%	3.77
Registered electors			32,896		4.74
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	29.10

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gangu Ram	9,805	47.71%	New
	BJP	Uchhbu Ram	5,143	25.02%	New
	INC	Sada Nand	4,973	24.20%	6.59
	JP	Arjun Singh	631	3.07%	41.00
Margin of victory			4,662	22.68%	4.58
Turnout			20,552	66.06%	11.62
Registered electors			31,407		14.39
	Independent gain from JP		Swing	3.63

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Shri Ram Jakhmi	6,512	44.07%	New
	Independent	Vidya Nand	3,837	25.97%	New
	INC	Sada Nand	2,602	17.61%	58.04
	Independent	Prem Dass	1,824	12.35%	New
Margin of victory			2,675	18.10%	36.09
Turnout			14,775	54.49%	13.45
Registered electors			27,456		4.20
	JP gain from INC		Swing	31.57

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Zalam Singh	8,046	75.65%	4.33
	Independent	Uchhbu Ram	2,282	21.46%	New
	CPI(M)	Mandu Ram	308	2.90%	New
Margin of victory			5,764	54.19%	5.76
Turnout			10,636	41.12%	4.41
Registered electors			26,349		3.61
	INC hold		Swing	4.33

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Z. Singh	7,860	79.98%	79.12
	Independent	M. Ram	1,968	20.02%	New
Margin of victory			5,892	59.95%	11.32
Turnout			9,828	37.50%	0.60
Registered electors			27,335		1.01
	INC hold		Swing	5.66

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Pachhad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yashwant Singh Parmar	8,644	85.64%	New
	Independent	Kalawati Lall	1,450	14.36%	New
	INC	Jiwnu	0	0.00%	New
Margin of victory			7,194	71.27%
Turnout			10,094	36.56%
Registered electors			27,613
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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

References

1. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 April 2023.
2. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Rohru Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
3. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
4. "Assembly constituencies - Himachal Pradesh" . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
5. "2022 results". www.results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
6. Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017" . Retrieved 8 July 2021.

External links

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

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