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2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
← 2003 14 November and 19 December 2007 2012 →
68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
35 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Prem Kumar Dhumal Virbhadra Singh Mayawati
Party BJP INC BSP
Leader's seat Bamsan Rohru Did not contest
Seats before 16 43
Seats won 41 23 1
Seat change Increase25 Decrease20 Increase1
Popular vote 1,441,142 1,280,480 238,959
Percentage 43.78% 38.90% 7.26%
Swing Increase8.44% Decrease2.1% Increase6.7%
CM before election

Virbhadra Singh
INC

Elected CM

Prem Kumar Dhumal
BJP

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in December 2007, to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Bharatiya Janata Party won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote, and Prem Kumar Dhumal was reappointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.[1][2]

The number of constituencies were set as 68, as per the recommendations of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976.[3]

Results

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Source:[4]

Rank Party Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% votes
1 Bharatiya Janata Party 68 41 43.78
2 Indian National Congress 67 23 38.9
3 Independent 60 3 7.97
4 Bahujan Samaj Party 67 1 7.26
Total 68

Elected members

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Source:[4]

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) 		Member Party Vote Runner-up Candidates Name Party vote
Kinnaur ST Tejwant Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17873 Jagat Singh Negi Indian National Congress 15384
Rampur SC Nand Lal Indian National Congress 26430 Brij Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 19960
Rohru None Virbhadra Singh Indian National Congress 30079 Khushi Ram Balnatah Bharatiya Janata Party 15942
Jubbal-kotkhai None Narinder Bragta Bharatiya Janata Party 23714 Rohit Indian National Congress 20890
Chopal None Subhash Chand Manglate Indian National Congress 20785 Radha Raman Shastri Bharatiya Janata Party 16453
Kumarsain None Vidya Stokes Indian National Congress 17375 Pramod Kumar Sharma Independent 16125
Theog None Rakesh Verma Independent 21907 Rajinder Singh Indian National Congress 16623
Simla None Suresh Bhardwaj Bharatiya Janata Party 12443 Sanjay Chauhan Communist Party of India 9855
Kasumpti SC Sohan Lal Indian National Congress 22931 Tarsem Bharti Bharatiya Janata Party 15632
Arki None Gobind Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 21168 Dharam Pal Thakur Independent 14481
Doon None Vinod Kumari Bharatiya Janata Party 22470 Ch. Lajja Ram Indian National Congress 18974
Nalagarh None Hari Narayan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 28929 Lakhwinder Singh Rana(Papu) Indian National Congress 25108
Kasauli SC Rajiv Saizal Bharatiya Janata Party 21396 Raghu Raj Indian National Congress 15022
Solan None Rajeev Bindal Bharatiya Janata Party 23597 Kailash Prashar Indian National Congress 19881
Pachhad SC Gangu Ram Musafir Indian National Congress 25383 Suresh Kumar Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party 22674
Rainka SC Prem Singh Indian National Congress 20756 Balbir Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17477
Shillai None Harshwardhan Chauhan Indian National Congress 20247 Amar Singh Chauhan Independent 16783
Paonta Doon None Sukh Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 29322 Kirnesh Jung Indian National Congress 24460
Nahan None Kush Parmar Indian National Congress 15714 Shyama Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 14968
Kot-kehloor None Randhir Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 26828 Thakur Ram Lal Indian National Congress 21874
Bilaspur None Jagat Prakash Nadda Bharatiya Janata Party 24634 Bamber Thakur Independent 13453
Ghumarwin None Rajesh Dharmani Indian National Congress 24194 Karam Dev Dharmani Bharatiya Janata Party 22263
Geharwin SC Rikhi Ram Kaundal Bharatiya Janata Party 24411 Beeru Ram Kishore Indian National Congress 19777
Nadaun None Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Indian National Congress 17727 Vijay Agnihotri Bharatiya Janata Party 17141
Hamirpur None Urmil Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 26378 Anita K Verma Indian National Congress 19417
Bamsan None Prem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party 35054 Col. Bidhi Chand Indian National Congress 9047
Mewa SC Ishwar Dass Dhiman Bharatiya Janata Party 24421 Suresh Kumar Indian National Congress 14046
Nadaunta None Baldev Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 25634 Vidya Kumari Jar Indian National Congress 10070
Gagret SC Balbir Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 23914 Kuldeep Kumar Indian National Congress 20843
Chintpurni None Rakesh Kalia Indian National Congress 26737 Narender Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 10602
Santokgarh None Mukesh Agnihotri Indian National Congress 31267 Jagroop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 24643
Una None Satpal Singh 'satti' Bharatiya Janata Party 33050 Virender Gautam Indian National Congress 21198
Kutlehar None Virender Kanwar Bharatiya Janata Party 24677 Ram Nath Sharma Indian National Congress 17734
Nurpur None Rakesh Pathania Independent 29128 Ajay Mahajan Indian National Congress 24963
Gangath SC Des Raj Bharatiya Janata Party 24520 Anita Kumari Independent 23830
Jawali None Rajan Sushant Bharatiya Janata Party 26729 Sujan Singh Pathania Indian National Congress 21548
Guler None Neeraj Bharti Indian National Congress 21500 Harbans Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17499
Jaswan None Nikhil Rajour (manu Sharma) Indian National Congress 17692 Bikram Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17574
Pragpur SC Yog Raj Indian National Congress 21253 Naveen Dhiman Bharatiya Janata Party 20911
Jawalamukhi None Ramesh Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 22562 Sanjay Rattan Independent 17798
Thural None Ravinder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 18512 Jagdish Chand Sapehia Independent 11833
Rajgir SC Atma Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 18829 Dr. Milkhi Ram Goma Indian National Congress 17611
Baijnath None Sudhir Sharma Indian National Congress 19921 Dulo Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 16666
Palampur None Parveen Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 25121 Brij Behari Lal Butail Indian National Congress 22533
Sulah None Vipin Singh Parmar Bharatiya Janata Party 19375 Jagjiwan Paul Indian National Congress 18376
Nagrota None G. S. Bali Indian National Congress 28381 Mangal Singh Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 22630
Shahpur None Sarveen Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 25174 Onkar Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 16143
Dharamsala None Kishan Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party 20362 Chandresh Kumari Indian National Congress 12746
Kangra None Sanjay Chaudhary Bahujan Samaj Party 19017 Chaudhary Surender Kaku Indian National Congress 17708
Bhattiyat None Kuldeep Singh Pathania Indian National Congress 16746 Bhupinder Singh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 16421
Banikhet None Renu Chadha Bharatiya Janata Party 28310 Asha Kumari Indian National Congress 26245
Rajnagar SC Surinder Bhardwaj Indian National Congress 23596 Mohan Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 21774
Chamba None Bal Krishan Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 26705 Pawan Nayyar Indian National Congress 18048
Bharmour ST Tulsi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 18420 Thakar Singh Indian National Congress 18404
Lahaul And Spiti ST Dr. Ram Lal Markanda Bharatiya Janata Party 9117 Phunchog Rai Indian National Congress 6951
Kulu None Govind Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 28925 Dharamvir Dhami Bahujan Samaj Party 23892
Banjar None Khimi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 25037 Satya Parkash Thakur Indian National Congress 24805
Ani SC Kishori Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 27341 Ishwar Dass Indian National Congress 25892
Karsog SC Hira Lal Independent 19609 Mansa Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 14082
Chachiot None Jai Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 27102 Shiv Lal Indian National Congress 23917
Nachan SC Dile Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 29228 Tek Chand Dogra Indian National Congress 21640
Sundernagar None Roop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 19056 Sohan Lal Thakur Indian National Congress 16698
Balh SC Prakash Chaudhary Indian National Congress 24941 Damodar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 22653
Gopalpur None Inder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 28898 Rangila Ram Rao Indian National Congress 21350
Dharampur None Mahender Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 23090 Chander Shekhar Indian National Congress 13252
Joginder Nagar None Gulab Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 26926 Thakur Surender Paul Indian National Congress 19923
Darang None Kaul Singh Indian National Congress 29898 Jawahar Lal Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 28089
Mandi None Anil Kumar Indian National Congress 22808 Durga Datt Bharatiya Janata Party 20064

References

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  1. ^ Sujay Mehdudia (31 December 2007). "Dhumal sworn in Chief Minister". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Hon'ble Chief Minister - Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal". Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012.
  3. ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Himachal Pradesh 2007". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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