CHAMBA
Assembly seat no. 3 in Himachal Pradesh · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1967.
Himachal Pradesh also has a Lok Sabha constituency called CHAMBA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 2 results.
Winner, 1998
HARSH MAHAJAN
INC
Elections held
13
1967–2022
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 13
Margin, 1998
5,151
14.24% of valid votes
Result, 1998
Runner-up
BJPKEWAL KRISHAN
- Votes
- 14,411
- Vote share
- 39.83%
- Behind by
- 5,151
Electors
51,908
Total votes polled
36,179
Valid votes
36,179
NOTA votes
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Turnout
69.7%
Full result, 1998
9 candidates · 36,179 valid votes
HARSH MAHAJANINCwon
19,562
54.1%
KEWAL KRISHANBJP
14,411
39.8%
ASHOK KUMARHVC
898
2.5%
CHANDER MANICPI
582
1.6%
D.P. MALHOTRAIND
200
0.6%
KISHORE KUMARIND
189
0.5%
NAND LALIND
130
0.4%
GULAB SINGSHS
116
0.3%
BUDHI SINGHIND
91
0.3%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Neeraj Nayar | INC | 32,783 | 53.28% | Neelam Nayyar | 7,782 |
| 2017 | PAWAN NAYYAR | BJP | 26,763 | 49.33% | NEERAJ NAYAR | 1,879 |
| 2012 | B. K. CHAUHAN | BJP | 19,714 | 38.64% | PAWAN NAYYAR | 1,934 |
| 2007 | BAL KRISHAN CHAUHAN | BJP | 26,705 | 57.42% | PAWAN NAYYAR | 8,657 |
| 2003 | HARSH MAHAJAN | INC | 21,829 | 50.04% | B.K.CHAUHAN | 2,187 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above