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{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Himachal Pradesh State, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
|name = Shimla
|parl_name = [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|district = [[Shimla district|Shimla]]
|state = [[Himachal Pradesh]]
|electorate = {{formatnum:50424}}<ref name=electors>{{cite web |url=https://himachal.nic.in/showfile.php?lang=1&dpt_id=6&level=1&lid=18545&sublinkid=18051 |title=District and Assembly Constituency Wise Details of Electors |pages=17–19 |author=Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh |date=20 July 2018 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref>{{update after|2022}}
|lok_sabha_constituency = [[Shimla (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shimla]]
|year = [[2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|mla = [[Suresh Bhardwaj (politician)|Suresh Bhardwaj]]
|reserved = None
|map4 =
|map_size =
}}

'''Shimla''' Vidhan Sabha constituency, also spelt Simla in olden days, is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of [[Himachal Pradesh]], a northern Indian state. It is a segment of the [[Shimla (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shimla]] Lok Sabha constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/himachal-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/shimla.html|title=Shimla Assembly constituency 2017 Election, Date, Results & Candidate lists|website=Elections in India}}</ref>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
* 1962 (Punjab Assembly): Gyan Chand (Congress), as part of Punjab State.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in//punjab/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html|title=List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1962|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>
** Shimla was merged with Himachal Pradesh in 1966.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!Picture
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
||[[1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan="4"| Daulat Ram Chauhan
|rowspan="4"|
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|[[Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|Harbhajan Singh Bhajji
|
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| [[Suresh Bhardwaj (politician)|Suresh Bhardwaj]]
|[[File:Suresh Bhardwaj cropped.jpg|50px]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
| [[Rakesh Singha]]
|
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|1996{{efn|by-election}}
|Adarsh Kumar
|
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
|[[Narinder Bragta]]
|
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|Harbhajan Singh Bhajji
|
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Suresh Bhardwaj (politician)|Suresh Bhardwaj]]<ref name=election2017/>
|rowspan="3"|[[File:Suresh Bhardwaj cropped.jpg|50px]]
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|rowspan="3"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
|-
|[[2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|}
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== Election results ==
=== 2017 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2017]]: Shimla<ref name=election2017>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3815-himachal-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017 |author=Election Commission of India |access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = Suresh Bhardwaj
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
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==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Shimla]]
* [[Shimla district]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh}}

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[[Category:Shimla district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh]]

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