Rajnagar, Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency

For other constituencies, see Rajnagar Assembly constituency.

Rajnagar
Former constituency for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
LS constituency	Kangra
Established	1967
Abolished	2008
Total electors	64,660
Reservation	SC

Rajnagar was one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. Rajnagar was also part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] It was made defunct by the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008. ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1967 [3]	Vidhya Dhar		Indian National Congress
1972 [4]
1977 [5]	Mohan Lal		Janata Party
1982 [6]			Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Nand Kumar Chauhan		Indian National Congress
1990	Mohan Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Vidhya Dhar		Indian National Congress
1998	Mohan Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party
2003	Surinder Bhardwaj		Indian National Congress
2007

Election results

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Rajnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Surinder Bhardwaj	23,596	47.73%	0.70
	BJP	Mohan Lal	21,774	44.04%	3.40
	Independent	Ram Dass	2,368	4.79%	New
	LJP	Karam Singh	849	1.72%	0.60
	BSP	Dinesh Kumar	702	1.42%	New
Margin of victory			1,822	3.69%	4.10
Turnout			49,440	76.21%	0.38
Registered electors			64,870		15.57
	INC hold		Swing	0.70

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Rajnagar ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Surinder Bhardwaj	20,613	48.43%	12.33
	BJP	Mohan Lal	17,301	40.65%	4.88
	HVC	Nand Kumar	2,186	5.14%	3.48
	Independent	Ajay Kumar	1,478	3.47%	New
	LJP	Karam Singh	987	2.32%	New
Margin of victory			3,312	7.78%	1.64
Turnout			42,565	75.93%	6.86
Registered electors			56,130		9.70
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	2.90

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Rajnagar ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohan Lal	16,064	45.52%	2.67
	INC	Vidhya Dhar	12,739	36.10%	21.05
	Independent	Nand Kumar	4,987	14.13%	New
	CPI	Sukh Dev	795	2.25%	New
	HVC	Hem Raj	585	1.66%	New
Margin of victory			3,325	9.42%	4.87
Turnout			35,288	69.97%	0.77
Registered electors			51,165		7.43
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	11.63

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Rajnagar ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vidhya Dhar	18,563	57.15%	22.43
	BJP	Mohan Lal	13,919	42.85%	19.42
Margin of victory			4,644	14.30%	13.26
Turnout			32,482	68.65%	6.77
Registered electors			47,626		6.38
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Rajnagar ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohan Lal	17,127	62.27%	17.69
	INC	Nand Kumar	9,549	34.72%	19.26
	CPI	Sukh Dev	657	2.39%	New
Margin of victory			7,578	27.55%	18.16
Turnout			27,504	61.79%	3.64
Registered electors			44,768		20.72
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Rajnagar ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nand Kumar Chauhan	13,026	53.98%	4.82
	BJP	Mohan Lal	10,759	44.58%	4.75
	Independent	Kartar Singh Yadav	232	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			2,267	9.39%	9.22
Turnout			24,132	65.53%	2.27
Registered electors			37,084		3.30
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Rajnagar ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohan Lal	11,927	49.34%	New
	INC	Vidhya Dhar	11,885	49.16%	18.64
	JP	Chuni Lal	256	1.06%	67.77
Margin of victory			42	0.17%	38.14
Turnout			24,175	68.31%	20.83
Registered electors			35,898		16.70
	BJP gain from JP		Swing

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Rajnagar ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Mohan Lal	9,848	68.83%	New
	INC	Vidhya Dhar	4,367	30.52%	50.69
	Independent	Chuni Lal	92	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			5,481	38.31%	27.50
Turnout			14,307	47.01%	12.64
Registered electors			30,762		0.98
	JP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Rajnagar ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vidhya Dhar	8,545	81.22%	19.52
	ABJS	Amar Nath	1,621	15.41%	New
	INC(O)	Chuni Lal	355	3.37%	New
Margin of victory			6,924	65.81%	42.40
Turnout			10,521	34.71%	9.38
Registered electors			31,065		13.28
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Rajnagar ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vidhya Dhar	4,144	61.70%	New
	SWA	Chuni Lal	2,572	38.30%	New
Margin of victory			1,572	23.41%
Turnout			6,716	25.15%
Registered electors			27,422
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Chamba district

References

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