2019 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh

2019 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh

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All 4 Himachal Pradesh seats in Lok Sabha
Turnout72.42% (Increase7.97%)
  First party Second party
 
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Last election 4 0
Seats won 4 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Percentage 69.11% 27.30%
Swing Increase 16.11% Decrease 13.70%

Results of elections in Himachal Pradesh by constituency.

Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2019 Indian general election held in India on 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.[1]

Parties and alliances

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party Anurag Thakur 4
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Virbhadra Singh 4

Candidates

Constituency
NDA UPA
1 Kangra BJP Kishan Kapoor INC Pawan Kajal
2 Mandi BJP Ram Swaroop Sharma INC Ashray Sharma
3 Hamirpur BJP Anurag Thakur INC Ram Lal Thakur
4 Shimla (SC) BJP Suresh Kumar Kashyap INC Dhani Ram Shandil

Results

Results by Party

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
BJP 2,661,281 69.11 Increase 15.76 4 4 Steady
INC 1,051,113 27.30 Decrease 13.38 4 0 Steady
Others 69,620 1.65 Steady 19 0 Steady
IND 35,710 0.93 Increase 0.01 18 0 Steady
NOTA 33,008 0.86 Decrease 0.08
Total 3,850,732 100 - 45 4 -

Detailed Results

No Constituency Turnout[2] Winner Party Votes Runner-up Party Votes Margin
1 Kangra 70.73 Increase Kishan Kapoor BJP 7,25,218 Pawan Kajal INC 2,47,595 4,77,623
2 Mandi 73.60 Increase Ram Swaroop Sharma BJP 6,47,189 Ashray Sharma INC 2,41,730 4,05,559
3 Hamirpur 72.83 Increase Anurag Thakur BJP 6,82,292 Ram Lal Thakur INC 2,83,120 3,99,572
4 Shimla (SC) 72.68 Increase Suresh Kumar Kashyap BJP 6,06,183 Dhani Ram Shandil INC 2,78,668 3,27,515

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Himachal Pradesh

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Anurag Singh Thakur Hamirpur Cabinet Minister; MoS Minister of Information and Broadcasting
(Cabinet from July 2021)
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
(Cabinet from July 2021)
MoS in the Ministry of Finance
(until July 2021)
MoS in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
(until July 2021)
31 May
2019
9 June
2024
BJP

Assembly segments wise lead of parties

2019 Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections Assembly Wise Map
2019 Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections Assembly Wise Map
Party Position in Assembly
(as of 2017 election)
Assembly segment
leads (in 2019)
Position in Assembly
(as of 2022 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 44 68 25
Indian National Congress 21  – 40
Communist Party of India 1  –  –
Others 2  – 3
Total 68

References

  1. ^ Singh, Vijaita (1 September 2018). "General election will be held in 2019 as per schedule, says Rajnath Singh". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Final Voter turnout of Phase 1 to Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2019.