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2009 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh

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4 seats
Turnout58.43%
  First party Second party
 
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Party BJP INC
Last election 1 3
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Percentage 49.58% 45.61%


Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

The 2009 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh were held for 4 seats. Bhartiya Janata Party won 3 seats. While Indian National Congress won 1 seat.[1]

Parties and alliances[edit | edit source]

  National Democratic Alliance[edit | edit source]

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party File:BJP flag.svg Prem Kumar Dhumal 4

  United Progressive Alliance[edit | edit source]

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Virbhadra Singh 4

Results[edit | edit source]

Party Wise Results[edit | edit source]

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
BJP 13,33,774 49.58 Increase 5.34 4 3 Increase 2
INC 12,26,933 45.61 Decrease 6.28 4 1 Decrease 2
Others 89,592 3.33 Steady 14 0 Steady
IND 39,991 1.49 Decrease 0.17 9 0 Steady
Total 26,90,290 100% - 31 4 -

Elected MPs[edit | edit source]

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Kangra Dr. Rajan Sushant BJP 322,254 48.69 Chander Kumar INC 301,475 45.55 20,779 3.14
2 Mandi Virbhadra Singh INC 340,973 47.82 Maheshwar Singh BJP 326,976 45.86 13,997 1.96
3 Hamirpur Anurag Singh Thakur BJP 373,598 53.47 Narinder Thakur INC 300,866 43.06 72,732 10.41
4 Shimla Virender Kashyap BJP 310,946 50.42 Dhani Ram Shandil INC 283,619 45.99 27,327 4.43

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Himachal Pradesh[edit | edit source]

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Virbhadra Singh Mandi Cabinet Minister Steel 28 May
2009
19 January
2011
INC
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 19 January
2011
26 June
2012

Assembly Segment wise lead[edit | edit source]

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2012 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 48 26
Indian National Congress 20 36
Others 0 6
Total 68

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.