Shimla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Shimla | |
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Constituency for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
District | Shimla |
State | Himachal Pradesh |
Electorate | 50,424[1][needs update] |
Lok Sabha Constituency | Shimla |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2017 |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
MLA | Suresh Bhardwaj |
Reservation | None |
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.[2]
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]
- 1962 (Punjab Assembly): Gyan Chand (Congress), as part of Punjab State.[3]
- Shimla was merged with Himachal Pradesh in 1966.
Year | Member | Picture | Party | |
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1967 | Daulat Ram Chauhan | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | ||
1972 | ||||
1977 | Janata Party | |||
1982 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
1985 | Harbhajan Singh Bhajji | Indian National Congress | ||
1990 | Suresh Bhardwaj | ![]() |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1993 | Rakesh Singha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
1996[lower-alpha 1] | Adarsh Kumar | Indian National Congress | ||
1998 | Narinder Bragta | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
2003 | Harbhajan Singh Bhajji | Indian National Congress | ||
2007 | Suresh Bhardwaj[4] | ![]() |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2012 | ||||
2017 |
- ↑ by-election
Election results[edit]
2017[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Suresh Bhardwaj | ||||
NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh (20 July 2018). "District and Assembly Constituency Wise Details of Electors". pp. 17–19. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ "Shimla Assembly constituency 2017 Election, Date, Results & Candidate lists". Elections in India.
- ↑ "List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1962". www.elections.in.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 8 July 2021.