2009 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh

The 2009 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh were held for 4 seats. Bhartiya Janata Party won 3 seats. While Indian National Congress won 1 seat.

Parties and alliances

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Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
Template:Party color cell	Bharatiya Janata Party	File:BJP flag.svg	File:Lotus flower symbol.svg	Prem Kumar Dhumal	4

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Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
Template:Party color cell	Indian National Congress	File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg	File:Hand INC.svg	Virbhadra Singh	4

Results

Party Wise Results

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
Template:Party color cell	BJP			13,33,774	49.58	Template:Increase 5.34	4	3	Template:Increase 2
Template:Party color cell	INC			12,26,933	45.61	Template:Decrease 6.28	4	1	Template:Decrease 2
Template:Party color cell	Others			89,592	3.33	Template:Steady	14	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	IND			39,991	1.49	Template:Decrease 0.17	9	0	Template:Steady
Total				26,90,290	100%	-	31	4	-

Elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Kangra	Dr. Rajan Sushant	Template:Party color cell	BJP	322,254	48.69	Chander Kumar	Template:Party color cell	INC	301,475	45.55	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20,779	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.14
2	Mandi	Virbhadra Singh	Template:Party color cell	INC	340,973	47.82	Maheshwar Singh	Template:Party color cell	BJP	326,976	45.86	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13,997	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.96
3	Hamirpur	Anurag Singh Thakur	Template:Party color cell	BJP	373,598	53.47	Narinder Thakur	Template:Party color cell	INC	300,866	43.06	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|72,732	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.41
4	Shimla	Virender Kashyap	Template:Party color cell	BJP	310,946	50.42	Dhani Ram Shandil	Template:Party color cell	INC	283,619	45.99	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,327	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4.43

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Himachal Pradesh

#	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	Virbhadra Singh	Mandi	Cabinet Minister	Steel	28 May 2009	19 January 2011	Template:Party name with color
				Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	19 January 2011	26 June 2012

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2012 election)
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	48	26
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Indian National Congress	20	36
	Others	0	6
Total		68

See also

• Results of the 2009 Indian general election by state