Shahpur, Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency

Shahpur
Shahpur
Constituency No. 17 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
LS constituency	Kangra
Established	1972
Total electors	89,978
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Kewal Singh Pathania
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Shahpur Assembly constituency is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. Shahpur is also part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year	Member
1972	Kultar Chand Rana	Indian National Congress
1977	Ram Rattan	Janata Party
1982	Vijai Singh Mankotia	Independent
1985		Indian National Congress
1990		Janata Dal
1993		Indian National Congress
1998	Sarveen Choudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party
2003	Vijai Singh Mankotia	Indian National Congress
2007	Sarveen Choudhary^[3]^[4]	Bharatiya Janata Party
2012
2017
2022	Kewal Singh	Indian National Congress

Election results[edit]

Assembly Election 2022[edit]

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shahpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kewal Singh	36,603	55.39%	28.58
	BJP	Sarveen Choudhary	24,360	36.86%	1.06
	Independent	Joginder Singh (Panku Kangdia)	2,298	3.48%	New
	AAP	Abhishek Singh	1,576	2.38%	New
	NOTA	Nota	519	0.79%	0.87
	Independent	Ramesh Gautam	330	0.50%	New
	BSP	Banarshi Dass Dogra	306	0.46%	0.38
	Hindu Samaj Party	Ashish Sharma	96	0.15%	New
Margin of victory			12,243	18.53%	8.44
Turnout			66,088	73.45%	2.61
Registered electors			89,978		12.34
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	17.46

Assembly Election 2017[edit]

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shahpur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sarveen Choudhary	23,104	37.92%	10.37
	Independent	Major Vijay Singh Mankotia	16,957	27.83%	New
	INC	Kewal Singh	16,333	26.81%	15.57
	Independent	Ramesh Kumar	1,111	1.82%	New
	Independent	Desh Raj Chaudhary	1,108	1.82%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,010	1.66%	New
	BSP	Banarshi Dass Dogra	516	0.85%	0.23
Margin of victory			6,147	10.09%	4.17
Turnout			60,924	76.06%	3.36
Registered electors			80,097		10.34
	BJP hold		Swing	10.37

Assembly Election 2012[edit]

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shahpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sarveen Choudhary	25,487	48.29%	0.76
	INC	Vijai Singh Mankotia	22,364	42.38%	28.30
	Independent	Nand Lal	1,814	3.44%	New
	HLC	Balbir Singh	1,750	3.32%	New
	BSP	Banarshi Dass Dogra	567	1.07%	30.38
	SP	Kushal Kumar	324	0.61%	New
	LJP	Vipan Kumar	311	0.59%	0.61
Margin of victory			3,123	5.92%	11.68
Turnout			52,776	72.70%	0.40
Registered electors			72,593		2.28
	BJP hold		Swing	0.76

Assembly Election 2007[edit]

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shahpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sarveen Choudhary	25,174	49.06%	7.45
	BSP	Onkar Singh	16,143	31.46%	New
	INC	Kewal Singh	7,225	14.08%	36.35
	Independent	Balbir Choudhary	2,119	4.13%	New
	LJP	Pourush Kumar	613	1.19%	New
Margin of victory			9,031	17.60%	8.78
Turnout			51,315	72.30%	7.32
Registered electors			70,977		15.96
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	1.37

Assembly Election 2003[edit]

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shahpur^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Major Vijay Singh Mankotia	24,572	50.43%	4.62
	BJP	Sarveen Choudhary	20,276	41.61%	11.33
	Independent	Kamal Kishore	2,837	5.82%	New
	SP	Ram Swaroop	636	1.31%	New
	HVC	Sunil Dutt	407	0.84%	0.42
Margin of victory			4,296	8.82%	1.69
Turnout			48,728	79.66%	3.08
Registered electors			61,206		18.53
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	2.51

Assembly Election 1998[edit]

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shahpur^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sarveen Choudhary	20,919	52.94%	6.54
	INC	Major Vijay Singh Mankotia	18,101	45.81%	4.15
	HVC	Kishan Singh	497	1.26%	New
Margin of victory			2,818	7.13%	3.57
Turnout			39,517	77.43%	0.38
Registered electors			51,637		10.39
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1993[edit]

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shahpur^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijai Singh Mankotia	17,972	49.96%	8.98
	BJP	Sarveen Choudhary	16,691	46.40%	New
	JD	Parveen Singh	476	1.32%	54.05
	BSP	Ram Prashad	265	0.74%	New
	Independent	Narinder Singh	262	0.73%	New
		Bidhi Chand Choudhary	206	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			1,281	3.56%	10.83
Turnout			35,974	77.47%	7.35
Registered electors			46,776		5.17
	INC gain from JD		Swing	5.41

Assembly Election 1990[edit]

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shahpur^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Vijai Singh Mankotia	17,130	55.37%	*New*
	INC	Ajit Paul	12,677	40.98%	21.46
	Independent	Dwarika Prasad	317	1.02%	New
	Independent	Sansar Chand Mehta	240	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			4,453	14.39%	12.46
Turnout			30,938	70.17%	3.42
Registered electors			44,477		27.00
	JD gain from INC		Swing	7.06

Assembly Election 1985[edit]

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shahpur^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijai Singh Mankotia	15,956	62.43%	35.92
	BJP	Ram Rattan	9,094	35.58%	10.58
	Independent	Piaju Ram	206	0.81%	New
	Independent	Hans Raj	143	0.56%	New
	CPI(M)	Prithvi Raj Pathania	137	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			6,862	26.85%	6.44
Turnout			25,558	73.54%	2.80
Registered electors			35,021		10.19
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	15.51

Assembly Election 1982[edit]

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shahpur^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Vijai Singh Mankotia	11,301	46.92%	*New*
	INC	Ajit Paul	6,386	26.51%	1.36
	BJP	Ram Rattan	6,022	25.00%	New
	Independent	Pawan Kumar Dogra	181	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			4,915	20.41%	8.75
Turnout			24,085	77.13%	15.51
Registered electors			31,782		11.34
	Independent gain from JP		Swing	10.11

Assembly Election 1977[edit]

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shahpur^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Ram Rattan	9,812	57.03%	*New*
	INC	Kultar Chand Rana	4,796	27.88%	5.76
	Independent	Bishan Dass	1,382	8.03%	New
	Independent	Chaman Singh	1,215	7.06%	New
Margin of victory			5,016	29.15%	28.44
Turnout			17,205	61.37%	19.65
Registered electors			28,545		12.28
	JP gain from INC		Swing	23.40

Assembly Election 1972[edit]

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Shahpur^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kultar Chand Rana	3,474	33.63%	*New*
	Independent	Bishan Dass	3,400	32.92%	New
	Independent	Rajinder Paul	1,214	11.75%	New
	Independent	Des Raj	1,052	10.18%	New
	Independent	Bansi Lal	829	8.03%	New
	Independent	Kuldip Singh	360	3.49%	New
Margin of victory			74	0.72%
Turnout			10,329	42.33%
Registered electors			25,424
	INC win (new seat)

References[edit]

^ "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2012". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
^ Sitting and previous MLAs from Shahpur Assembly constituency
^ ^a ^b Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Active Members HP Vidhan Sabha". hpvidhansabha.nic.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 March 2016.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

External links[edit]

"Results of Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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[election2022-1] "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2012". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[2] Sitting and previous MLAs from Shahpur Assembly constituency

[election2017-3] Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[4] "Active Members HP Vidhan Sabha". hpvidhansabha.nic.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

[5] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.

[6] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.

[7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.

[8] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

[9] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

[10] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[11] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 March 2016.

[12] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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