| Shimla | |
|---|---|
| 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 | edit source]
- 1962 (Punjab Assembly): Gyan Chand (Congress), as part of Punjab State.[3]
- Shimla was merged with Himachal Pradesh in 1966.
| Year | Member | Picture | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | edit source]
2017[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Suresh Bhardwaj | ||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.