Elections in Himachal Pradesh

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Himachal Pradesh

Elections in Himachal Pradesh for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Himachal Pradesh state, India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India.

Lok Sabha elections

Year	Lok Sabha election	Party-wise details
1951	1st Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 3. INC: 3
1957	2nd Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. INC: 4
1962	3rd Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. INC: 4
1967	4th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 6. INC: 6
1971	5th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. INC: 4
1977	6th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. Janata Party/BLD: 4.
1980	7th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. INC: 4
1984	8th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. INC: 4
1989	9th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. BJP: 3, INC: 1
1991	10th Lok Sabha		Total: 4. BJP: 2, INC: 2
1996	11th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. INC: 4
1998	12th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. BJP: 3, INC: 1
1999	13th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. BJP: 3, HVC: 1
2004	14th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. INC: 3, BJP: 1
2009	15th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. BJP: 3, INC: 1
2014	16th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. BJP: 4
2019	17th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Total: 4. BJP: 4

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Election	Lok Sabha	Party-wise details			Constituencies						Ref.
		Party		Seats	Kangra	Mandi	Hamirpur	Shimla
2014	16th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	BJP	4	BJP	BJP	BJP	BJP
2019	17th Lok Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	BJP	4	BJP	BJP	BJP	BJP
Next	18th Lok Sabha		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Legislative Assembly elections

2007 Legislative Assembly election

Template:Main The 2007 Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election were held in Himachal Pradesh in 2007.

2012 Legislative Assembly election

Template:Main The 2012 Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012 was held in Himachal Pradesh, India in 2012 after the five-year term of the incumbent state legislature and government expired following the assembly elections of 2007. The election chose 68 MLAs to the Vidhan Sabha.

The results were declared on 20 December 2012. Congress defeated BJP and won outright majority by securing 36 of the 68 seats under the leadership of Virbhadra Singh - thus proving most of the pollsters and exit polls wrong, which had predicted a photo-finish. The BJP lagged far behind with just 26 seats in its kitty whereas its breakaway faction HLP won just 1 seat. The Congress won despite some 'unpopular' decisions made by the Congress-led Central government days before the election as part of its economic reforms, and the victory is likely to boost such reforms by the Centre.

Both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh had BJP governments and went to polls together. But unlike Gujarat, where the BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi retained power by winning a massive 115 out of 182 seats, in Himachal Pradesh, the Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP lost due to a huge anti-incumbency wave.

Cong veteran leader Virbhadra Singh takes oath for record sixth term as Himachal chief minister at historic Ridge ground in Shimla on 25 December 2012.

2017 Legislative Assembly election

Template:Main BJP won 44 out of 68 seats to form the government, ousting Congress party from power. Indian National Congress won 21 seats. Jai Ram Thakur was appointed as Chief Minister after the elections.

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Election	Vidhan Sabha	Party-wise details			Chief Minister	Party
		Party		Seats
2012	12th Vidhan Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	INC	36	Virbhadra Singh Template:Small	INC
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	BJP	26
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	5
			HLP	1
		Total		68
2017	13th Vidhan Sabha	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	BJP	44	File:JRThakur.jpg Jai Ram Thakur Template:Small	BJP
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	INC	21
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	2
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	CPIM	1
		Total		68
2022	14th Vidhan Sabha	Total		68	TBD	TBD

See also

• All India Tribes and Minorities Front

References

• Himachal Pradesh Election Results