Tribune News Service
Shimla, December 18
The BJP wrested power from the Congress and will form the next government in Himachal Pradesh as it won 44 seats while the ruling party bagged 21 seats and others three. The majority mark in the state was 35.
In the outgoing House, Congress had 36 seats, and BJP 26.
However, Prem Kumar Dhumal, BJP’s chief ministerial candidate in Himachal Pradesh, lost to Congress’s Rajinder Rana in Sujanpur, after he changed his traditional constituency of Hamirpur. He was made the
CM face only nine days before the polling.
Congress veteran and six-time Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh won the Arki constituency.
Himachal Pradesh has a tradition of changing the government in every election.
The BJP ousted the Congress in 1990 and the Congress avenged the defeat in 1993. The BJP formed the government with the help of Himachal Vikas Congress in 1998 and the Congress was back in power in
2003. The BJP made a comeback in 2007.
The CPI(M) won the Theog seat while Dehra in Kangra was won by Independent candidate Hoshyar Singh.
Senior-most minister Kaul Singh lost the polls from Drang and while his daughter Champa Thakur suffered defeat at the hands of BJP’s Anil Sharma from Mandi.
State BJP chief Satpal Singh Satti lost from Una.
Congress candidate Harshvardhan won from Shillai, wresting the seat from Baldev Singh Tomar of BJP while Govind Thakur of BJP scored the third successive victory from Manali.
However, senior BJP leader Maheshwar Singh failed to retain his Kullu seat.
Also read: Maheshwar, Sudhir, Bharmouri among prominent losers in HP
Total seats 68 (Majority mark 35)
Party |
Won |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
44 |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
1 |
Indian National Congress |
21 |
Independent |
2 |
Total |
68 |
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Constituency Win/Lead
ANNI (SC) Kishori Lal (BJP)
ARKI Virbhadra Singh (Congress)
BAIJNATH (SC) Mulkh Raj (BJP)
BALH (SC) Inder Singh Gandhi (BJP)
BANJAR Surender Shourie (BJP)
BARSAR Inder Dutt Lakhanpal (Congress)
BHARMOUR (ST) Jia Lal (BJP)
BHATTIYAT Bikram Singh Jaryal (BJP)
BHORANJ (SC) Kamlesh Kumari (BJP)
BILASPUR Subhash Thakur (BJP)
CHAMBA Pawan Nayyar (BJP)
CHINTPURNI(SC) Balbir Singh (BJP)
CHOPAL Balbir Singh Verma (BJP)
CHURAH (SC) Hans Raj (BJP)
DALHOUSIE Asha Kumari (Congress)
DARANG Jawahar Thakur (BJP)
DEHRA Hoshyar Singh (Independent)
DHARAMPUR Mahender Singh (BJP)
DHARAMSHALA Kishan Kapoor (BJP)
DOON Paramjeet Singh (BJP)
FATEHPUR Sujan Singh Pathania (Congress)
GAGRET Rajesh Thakur (BJP)
GHUMARWIN Rajinder Garg (BJP)
HAROLI Mukesh Agnihotri (Congress)
HAMIRPUR Narinder Thakur (BJP)
INDORA(SC) Reeta Devi (BJP)
JAISINGHPUR(SC) Ravindra Dhiman (BJP)
JASWAN-PRAGPUR Bikram Singh (BJP)
JAWALAMUKHI Ramesh Chand Dhawala (BJP)
JAWALI Arjun Singh (BJP)
JHANDUTA(SC) Jeet Ram Katwal (BJP)
JOGINDERNAGAR Prakash Rana (Independent)
JUBBAL-KOTKHAI : Narinder Bragta (BJP)
KANGRA Pawan Kumar Kajal (Congress)
KARSOG(SC) Hira Lal (BJP)
KASAULI(SC) Rajiv Saizal (BJP)
KASUMPTI Anirudh Singh (Congress)
KINNAUR (ST) Jagat Singh Negi (Congress)
KULLU Sunder Singh Thakur (Congress)
KUTLEHAR Virender Kanwar (BJP)
LAHAUL & SPITI (ST) Ram Lal Markanda (BJP)
MANALI Govind Singh Thakur (BJP)
MANDI Anil Sharma( BJP)
NACHAN (SC) Vinod Kumar (BJP)
NADAUN Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (Congress)
NAGROTA Arun Kumar (BJP)
NAHAN Dr Rajeev Bindal (BJP)
NALAGARH Lakhvinder Rana (Congress)
NURPUR Rakesh Pathania (BJP)
PACHHAD(SC) Suresh Kashyap (BJP)
PALAMPUR Ashish Butail (Congress)
PAONTA SAHIB Sukh Ram (BJP)
RAMPUR (SC) Nand Lal (Congress)
ROHRU (SC) Mohan Lal Brakta (Congress)
SARKAGHAT Inder Singh (BJP)
SERAJ Jai Ram Thakur (BJP)
SHAHPUR Sarveen Choudhary (BJP)
SHILLAI Harshwardhan Chauhan (Congress)
SHIMLA Suresh Bhardwaj (BJP)
SHIMLA RURAL Vikramaditya Singh (Congress)
SOLAN(SC) Dhani Ram Shandil (Congress)
SRI NAINA DEVIJI Ram Lal Thakur (Congress)
SRI RENUKAJI(SC) Vinay Kumar (Congress)
SUJANPUR Rajinder Rana (Congress)
SULLAH Vipin Singh Parmar (BJP)
SUNDERNAGAR Rakesh Kumar (BJP)
THEOG Rakesh Singha (CPIM)
UNA Satpal Singh Raizada (Congress)
The state has alternately elected Congress and BJP governments since 1985. In 2012, the Congress won 36 seats and the BJP 26. Independents won six seats.
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