Himachal Pradesh assembly election, Dec 2017

The 13th Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared

35 needed for a majority

Largest party

BJP

44 seats · majority

Candidates

338

19 women, 4 elected

Turnout

75.30%

37.8 lakh of 50.3 lakh

The house

68 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

BJP44
INC21
IND2
CPM1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Himachal Pradesh assembly election (2012)

BJP

+18

INC

-15

IND

-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Strike rate	Votes	Share	Share +/−	Deposits lost
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	44	+18	68	48.8%	18,46,432	48.79%	+10.32	0
INC Indian National Congress	21	-15	68	41.7%	15,77,450	41.68%	-1.13	4
IND Independent	2	-3	112	3.9%	2,39,989	6.34%	-5.80	104
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	+1	14	7.7%	55,558	1.47%	+0.31	13
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	42	0.8%	18,540	0.49%	-0.68	42
SWAP SWAP	0	—	7	0.7%	2,425	0.06%	—	7
LOGAP LOGAP	0	—	7	0.5%	2,161	0.06%	—	7
RADM RADM	0	—	4	0.9%	1,905	0.05%	—	4
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	3	1.0%	1,686	0.04%	-0.15	3
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	2	0.7%	752	0.02%	-0.34	2
AIFB AIFB	0	—	2	0.5%	610	0.02%	—	2
JANSP JANSP	0	—	1	0.7%	445	0.01%	—	1
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	1	0.8%	442	0.01%	-0.10	1
ALIMRD ALIMRD	0	—	1	0.9%	440	0.01%	—	1
BHLJVP BHLJVP	0	—	1	0.7%	393	0.01%	—	1
SAKAP SAKAP	0	—	2	0.3%	334	0.01%	—	2
RSHP RSHP	0	—	1	0.8%	321	0.01%	—	1
BMUP BMUP	0	—	1	0.5%	307	0.01%	—	1
NED NED	0	—	1	0.3%	236	0.01%	—	1

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Himachal Pradesh at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Dec 2017

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
NACHAN	Himachal Pradesh	BJPVINOD KUMAR	INCLAL SINGH KAUSHAL	15,89625.77%
DHARAMPUR	Himachal Pradesh	BJPMAHENDER SINGH	INCCHANDERSHEKHAR	11,96424.71%
BAIJNATH	Himachal Pradesh	BJPMULKH RAJ	INCKISHORI LAL	12,66923.92%
KASUMPTI	Himachal Pradesh	INCANIRUDH SINGH	BJPVIJAY JYOTI	9,39722.80%
BALH	Himachal Pradesh	BJPINDER SINGH	INCPRAKASH CHAUDHARY	12,81122.20%
JAISINGHPUR	Himachal Pradesh	BJPRAVINDER KUMAR	INCYADVINDER GOMA	10,71021.35%
PAONTA SAHIB	Himachal Pradesh	BJPSUKH RAM	INCKIRNESH JUNG	12,61920.71%
MANDI	Himachal Pradesh	BJPANIL SHARMA	INCCHAMPA THAKUR	10,25719.06%
ROHRU	Himachal Pradesh	INCMOHAN LAL BRAKTA	BJPSHASHI BALA	9,40818.77%
SERAJ	Himachal Pradesh	BJPJAI RAM THAKUR	INCCHET RAM	11,25417.83%

Closest results of Dec 2017

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
KINNAUR	Himachal Pradesh	INCJAGAT SINGH NEGI	BJPTEJWANT SINGH NEGI	1200.29%
BARSAR	Himachal Pradesh	INCINDER DUTT LAKHANPAL	BJPBALDEV SHARMA	4390.77%
KASAULI	Himachal Pradesh	BJPRAJIV SAIZAL	INCVINOD SULTANPURI	4420.91%
DALHOUSIE	Himachal Pradesh	INCASHA KUMARI	BJPD. S. THAKUR	5561.12%
SOLAN	Himachal Pradesh	INCDR. (COL.) DHANI RAM SHANDIL	BJPRAJESH KASHYAP	6711.23%
NAGROTA	Himachal Pradesh	BJPARUN KUMAR	INCG S BALI	1,0001.55%
NALAGARH	Himachal Pradesh	INCLAKHVINDER SINGH RANA	BJPK. L. THAKUR	1,2421.77%
INDORA	Himachal Pradesh	BJPREETA DEVI	INCKAMAL KISHORE	1,0951.83%
SRI NAINA DEVIJI	Himachal Pradesh	INCRAM LAL THAKUR	BJPRANDHIR SHARMA	1,0421.84%
JUBBAL-KOTKHAI	Himachal Pradesh	BJPNARINDER BRAGTA	INCROHIT THAKUR	1,0621.95%

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Himachal Pradesh assembly election, Dec 2017?

Bharatiya Janata Party won 44 of 68 seats, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the Himachal Pradesh assembly election, Dec 2017?

Turnout was 75.30% — 37.8 lakh of 50.3 lakh registered electors voted.

How many candidates contested the Himachal Pradesh assembly election, Dec 2017?

338 candidates contested 68 seats.