Shimla Assembly constituency

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Shimla
Constituency No. 63 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
63-Shimla constituency.svg
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
LS constituency Shimla
Established1967
Total electors48,608 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Indian National Congress
Elected year 2022

Shimla Assembly constituency, also spelt Simla in olden days, is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh, a northern Indian state. It is a segment of the Shimla Lok Sabha constituency. [2]

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Members of Legislative Assembly

YearMemberPictureParty
1967 Daulat Ram Chauhan Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972
1977 Janata Party
1982 Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 Harbhajan Singh Bhajji Indian National Congress
1990 Suresh Bhardwaj Suresh Bhardwaj cropped.jpg Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Rakesh Singha Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996 [lower-alpha 1] Adarsh Kumar Indian National Congress
1998 Narinder Bragta Bharatiya Janata Party
2003 Harbhajan Singh Bhajji Indian National Congress
2007 Suresh Bhardwaj [4] Suresh Bhardwaj cropped.jpg Bharatiya Janata Party
2012
2017
2022 Harish Janartha Indian National Congress
  1. ↑ by-election

Election candidates

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Shimla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Harish Janartha 15,803 51.35% Increase2.svg43.12
BJP Sanjay Sood12,76641.48%Decrease2.svg1.54
CPI(M) Tikender Singh Panwar1,4004.55%Decrease2.svg4.81
AAP Chaman Rakesh Azta3281.07%New
NOTA Nota2370.77%Decrease2.svg0.22
Independent Abhishek Barowalia1200.39%New
Rashtriya Devbhumi Party Kalyan Singh780.25%New
BSP Rajesh Kumar Gill460.15%New
Margin of victory3,0379.87%Increase2.svg4.02
Turnout 30,77863.32%Decrease2.svg1.27
Registered electors 48,608Decrease2.svg3.60
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase2.svg8.32

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Shimla [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj 14,012 43.02% Increase2.svg7.46
Independent Harish Janartha 12,10937.18%New
CPI(M) Sanjay Chauhan3,0479.36%Decrease2.svg15.33
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji2,6808.23%Decrease2.svg25.41
NOTA None of the Above3220.99%New
Margin of victory1,9035.84%Increase2.svg3.91
Turnout 32,56964.59%Increase2.svg5.38
Registered electors 50,424Decrease2.svg8.16
BJP hold Swing Increase2.svg7.46

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Shimla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj 11,563 35.57% Decrease2.svg2.80
INC Harish Janartha 10,93533.63%Increase2.svg7.95
CPI(M) Tikender Singh Panwar8,02524.68%Decrease2.svg5.70
Independent Tarsem Bharti1,4994.61%New
NCP Dr. Radha Raman Shastri2430.75%New
Margin of victory6281.93%Decrease2.svg6.05
Turnout 32,51259.22%Increase2.svg12.01
Registered electors 54,905Decrease2.svg20.11
BJP hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.80

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Shimla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj 12,443 38.36% Increase2.svg9.00
CPI(M) Sanjay Chauhan9,85530.38%Decrease2.svg1.09
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji8,33025.68%Decrease2.svg12.47
BSP Ved Prakash1,3374.12%New
Margin of victory2,5887.98%Increase2.svg1.30
Turnout 32,43747.20%Increase2.svg1.09
Registered electors 68,722Increase2.svg0.23
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase2.svg0.21

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Shimla [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji 12,060 38.15% Decrease2.svg0.77
CPI(M) Sanjay Chauhan9,94931.47%Increase2.svg17.63
BJP Ganesh Dutt9,28329.36%Decrease2.svg17.88
Independent Des Raj Sharma3231.02%New
Margin of victory2,1116.68%Decrease2.svg1.66
Turnout 31,61546.14%Increase2.svg3.41
Registered electors 68,562Decrease2.svg6.27
INC gain from BJP Swing Decrease2.svg9.10

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Shimla [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Narinder Bragta 14,758 47.25% Increase2.svg14.53
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji12,15538.91%Decrease2.svg1.76
CPI(M) Om Prakash4,32313.84%Decrease2.svg10.73
Margin of victory2,6038.33%Increase2.svg0.38
Turnout 31,23643.12%Decrease2.svg6.62
Registered electors 73,148Increase2.svg3.26
BJP gain from INC Swing

Assembly By-election 1996

1996 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election  : Shimla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Adarsh Kumar 14,211 40.67% Increase2.svg7.35
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj 11,43332.72%Increase2.svg0.35
CPI(M) Om Prakash8,58424.57%Decrease2.svg9.20
Des Raj Sharma3190.91%New
BSP Kishori Lal2760.79%New
Margin of victory2,7787.95%Increase2.svg7.50
Turnout 34,94349.62%Decrease2.svg10.57
Registered electors 70,841Increase2.svg20.86
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing Increase2.svg6.90

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Shimla [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Rakesh Singha 11,854 33.77% Increase2.svg7.86
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji11,69533.31%Increase2.svg7.86
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj 11,36332.37%Decrease2.svg15.61
Margin of victory1590.45%Decrease2.svg21.62
Turnout 35,10560.25%Increase2.svg17.41
Registered electors 58,614Decrease2.svg5.92
CPI(M) gain from BJP Swing

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Shimla [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj 12,701 47.98% Increase2.svg11.64
CPI(M) Rakesh Singha 6,85725.90%Increase2.svg2.10
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji6,73825.46%Decrease2.svg13.68
Margin of victory5,84422.08%Increase2.svg19.28
Turnout 26,47042.69%Decrease2.svg8.71
Registered electors 62,302Increase2.svg41.44
BJP gain from INC Swing

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Shimla [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Harbhajan Singh Bhajji 8,825 39.13% Increase2.svg1.52
BJP Radha Raman Shastri8,19536.34%Decrease2.svg13.09
CPI(M) Rakesh Singha 5,36823.80%New
Margin of victory6302.79%Decrease2.svg9.03
Turnout 22,55251.48%Decrease2.svg14.26
Registered electors 44,049Increase2.svg15.74
INC gain from BJP Swing Decrease2.svg10.30

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Shimla [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Daulat Ram Chauhan 12,314 49.43% New
INC Anand Sharma9,36937.61%Increase2.svg19.28
Independent Jagdish Chander Joshi9883.97%New
Independent D. R. Tanwar6552.63%New
Independent Ashok Kumar Goel3601.45%New
CPI H. L. Sethi3551.42%New
Independent Janki Dass1650.66%New
JP Lajiya Raghubir Singh1490.60%Decrease2.svg70.06
Margin of victory2,94511.82%Decrease2.svg40.52
Turnout 24,91366.01%Increase2.svg13.78
Registered electors 38,057Decrease2.svg1.47
BJP gain from JP Swing Decrease2.svg21.23

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Shimla [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP Daulat Ram Chauhan 14,105 70.66% New
INC Usha Malhotra3,65818.33%Decrease2.svg20.09
Independent Sunder Lal2,02610.15%New
Independent Tilak Raj1130.57%New
Margin of victory10,44752.34%Increase2.svg48.41
Turnout 19,96152.07%Increase2.svg6.50
Registered electors 38,625Increase2.svg23.35
JP gain from ABJS Swing Increase2.svg28.32

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Shimla [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ABJS Daulat Ram Chauhan 5,990 42.34% Decrease2.svg18.81
INC Shiv Dutt Bhardwaj5,43538.42%Increase2.svg11.74
Independent Prithi Chand1,88013.29%New
Independent Surrinder Singh Ahuja2631.86%New
INC(O) Inder Chand Gupta1841.30%New
SSP J. Jacob1691.19%New
Independent Kali Dass Vasudeva1120.79%New
Margin of victory5553.92%Decrease2.svg30.55
Turnout 14,14745.88%Decrease2.svg2.15
Registered electors 31,314Increase2.svg34.90
ABJS hold Swing Decrease2.svg18.81

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Shimla [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ABJS D. Ram 6,718 61.15% New
INC G. Chand2,93126.68%New
RPI C. Singh4664.24%New
Independent J. Singh3643.31%New
Independent P. Lal2212.01%New
PSP G. Shanker1351.23%New
Independent A. Singh1251.14%New
Margin of victory3,78734.47%
Turnout 10,98648.87%
Registered electors 23,212
ABJS win (new seat)

Election results

2017

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Shimla [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj
INC
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [14]
BJP hold Swing

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References

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  2. ↑ "Shimla Assembly constituency 2017 Election, Date, Results & Candidate lists". Elections in India.
  3. ↑ "List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1962". www.elections.in.
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  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.
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