HP 2022-2027 Legislative Assembly: General Election and 2024 Bye-Election Results

HP 2022 General Assembly Election Results

Based on the details from the 2022 election, here is the summary:

Overall Results & Voter Turnout

• Total Voter Turnout: 75.6%
• Total Votes (approx.): 56 Lakh
• NOTA: 0.59%

Party Performance (2022)

Party	Seats Won	Vote Share	Notes
INC	40	43.9%
BJP	25	43.0%
Independent	3		All 3 were Crorepati
AAP	0 (of 67 contested)	1.1%
BSP	0 (of 53 contested)
CPI(M)	0 (of 11 contested)
CPI	0 (of 1 contested)
Rashtriya Devbhoomi Party	0 (of 29 contested)

Key Candidate Details (2022)

• Crorepati Winners: 63 out of 68
• Women Candidates: 24 (out of 412 total candidates)
• Women Winners: 1 (Reena Kashyap, Pachhad Reserved)
• SC Winners: 17 (12 from Congress)
• ST Winners: 3 (2 from Congress)
• Oldest Winner: Dhani Ram Shandil (INC), 82 years old, from Solan.
• Youngest Winner: Chaitanya Sharma (INC), 28 years old, from Gagret.
• Highest Victory Margin: Jai Ram Thakur (BJP), from Seraj, won by 38,000 votes.
• Lowest Victory Margin: Suresh Kumar (INC), from Bhoranj, won by 60 votes.
• Independent Winners:
  • Hoshiyar Singh (Dehra)
  • K L Thakur (Nalagarh)
  • Ashish Sharma (Hamirpur)

Polling Station Facts (2022)

• Polling stations managed solely by women: 157
• Highest Polling Station: Tashigong (Lahaul & Spiti), located at 15,256 ft. It recorded 100% turnout (52/52 voters).
• Remote Polling Station: Chasak Shatori (Bharmour, Chamba), which required a 14 km walk.

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2024 Legislative Assembly Bye-Elections

After the 2022 election, bye-elections for nine seats were held in two phases in 2024.

June 2024 Bye-Elections (6 Seats)

These bye-elections were held on June 1, 2024. They were required because six Congress MLAs were disqualified. These individuals subsequently ran for re-election on a BJP ticket.

Constituency	Original 2022 MLA	2024 Bye-Election Winner	2024 Runner-up
Dharamshala	Sudhir Sharma (INC)	Sudhir Sharma (BJP)	Devinder Singh Jaggi (INC)
Lahaul & Spiti (ST)	Ravi Thakur (INC)	Anuradha Rana (INC)	Ravi Thakur (BJP)
Sujanpur	Rajinder Rana (INC)	Ranjit Singh (INC)	Rajinder Rana (BJP)
Barsar	Inder Dutt Lakhanpal (INC)	Inder Dutt Lakhanpal (BJP)	Subhash Chand (INC)
Gagret	Chaitanya Sharma (INC)	Rakesh Kalia (INC)	Chaitanya Sharma (BJP)
Kutlehar	Davinder Kumar Bhutto (INC)	Vivek Sharma (INC)	Davinder Kumar Bhutto (BJP)

July 2024 Bye-Elections (3 Seats)

These bye-elections were held on July 10, 2024. They were required because the three Independent MLAs resigned to join the BJP.

Constituency	Original 2022 MLA	2024 Bye-Election Winner	2024 Runner-up
Dehra	Hoshyar Singh (Independent)	Kamlesh Thakur (INC)	Hoshyar Singh (BJP)
Hamirpur	Ashish Sharma (Independent)	Ashish Sharma (BJP)	Dr. Pushpinder Verma (INC)
Nalagarh	K.L. Thakur (Independent)	Hardeep Singh Bawa (INC)	K.L. Thakur (BJP)

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District-wise List of all 68 HP Assembly Constituencies

Kangra (15 seats)

• Nurpur
• Indora (SC)
• Fatehpur
• Jawali
• Dehra
• Jaswan-Pragpur
• Jawalamukhi
• Jaisinghpur (SC)
• Sullah
• Nagrota
• Kangra
• Shahpur
• Dharamshala
• Palampur
• Baijnath (SC)

Mandi (10 seats)

• Karsog (SC)
• Sundernagar
• Nachan (SC)
• Seraj
• Darang
• Jogindernagar
• Dharampur
• Mandi
• Balh (SC)
• Sarkaghat

Shimla (8 seats)

• Chopal
• Theog
• Kasumpti
• Shimla
• Shimla Rural
• Jubbal-Kotkhai
• Rampur (SC)
• Rohru (SC)

Chamba (5 seats)

• Churah (SC)
• Bharmour (ST)
• Chamba
• Dalhousie
• Bhattiyat

Sirmaur (5 seats)

• Pachhad (SC)
• Nahan
• Sri Renukaji (SC)
• Paonta Sahib
• Shillai

Solan (5 seats)

• Arki
• Nalagarh
• Doon
• Solan (SC)
• Kasauli (SC)

Una (5 seats)

• Chintpurni (SC)
• Gagret
• Haroli
• Una
• Kutlehar

Hamirpur (5 seats)

• Bhoranj (SC)
• Sujanpur
• Hamirpur
• Barsar
• Nadaun

Kullu (4 seats)

• Manali
• Kullu
• Banjar
• Anni (SC)

Bilaspur (4 seats)

• Jhanduta (SC)
• Ghumarwin
• Bilaspur
• Sri Naina Deviji

Kinnaur (1 seat)

• Kinnaur (ST)

Lahaul & Spiti (1 seat)

• Lahaul & Spiti (ST)