1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in February 1990 to elect members of 67 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Bharatiya Janata Party won the popular vote and a majority of seats and its leader, Shanta Kumar was appointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for his second term.[1][2] The number of constituencies was set as 68 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[3]

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
27 February 1990
67 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
34 seats needed for a majority
Registered2,993,699
Turnout67.76%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Shanta Kumar Virbhadra Singh
Party BJP JD INC
Seats before 7 New 58
Seats won 46 11 9
Seat change Increase39 New Decrease49
Popular vote 41.78 10.83 36.54
CM before election

Virbhadra Singh
INC

 Elected CM

Shanta Kumar
BJP

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Bharatiya Janata Party858,51841.7846+39
Indian National Congress750,88536.549–49
Janata Dal222,54210.8311New
Communist Party of India42,3932.061+1
Others55,1392.6800
Independents125,4216.101–1
Total2,054,898100.00680
Valid votes2,054,89899.20
Invalid/blank votes16,6250.80
Total votes2,071,523100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,993,69969.20
Source: ECI[4]

Elected members
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)		 Member Party Vote Runner-up Candidates Name Party vote
KinnaurSTThakur Sen Negi Bharatiya Janata Party 17653 Gopi Chand Negi Independent 11187
RampurSCSinghi Ram Indian National Congress 18777 Ninzoo Ram Independent 6921
RohruNoneVirbhadra Singh Indian National Congress 27602 Satya Dev Bushehari Janata Dal 2976
Jubbal-kotkhaiNoneRam Lal Janata Dal 16209 Virbhadra Singh Indian National Congress 14723
ChopalNoneRadha Raman Shastri Bharatiya Janata Party 17124 Yogendra Chandra Indian National Congress 7027
KumarsainNoneBhagat Ram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 16078 Jai Bihari Lal Khachi Indian National Congress 13892
TheogNoneVidya Stokes Indian National Congress 15586 Keshav Ram Kashyap Janata Dal 14782
SimlaNoneSuresh Bharadwaj Bharatiya Janata Party 12701 Rakesh Singha Communist Party of India 6857
KasumptiSCRoop Dass Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party 20770 Shonkia Ram Kashyap Indian National Congress 7493
ArkiNoneNagin Chander Pal Bharatiya Janata Party 15350 Amar Chand Pal Indian National Congress 4352
DoonNoneChaudhary Lajja Ram Janata Dal 13974 Lekh Ram Indian National Congress 6485
NalagarhNoneVijayandra Singh Indian National Congress 19774 Kehar Singh Janata Dal 13428
KasauliSCSatya Pal Kamboj Bharatiya Janata Party 11333 Raghu Raj Indian National Congress 7301
SolanNoneMahender Nath Sofat Bharatiya Janata Party 11882 Gian Chand Indian National Congress 9147
PachhadSCGanguram Musafir Indian National Congress 17006 Kali Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 11835
RainkaSCRoop Singh Janata Dal 13836 Prem Singh Indian National Congress 11147
ShillaiNoneJagat Singh Negi Janata Dal 13375 Harshvardhan Singh Chauhan Indian National Congress 9907
Paonta DoonNoneFateh Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 19750 Kush Parmar Indian National Congress 13854
NahanNoneShyama Sharma Janata Dal 15810 Ajay Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 8516
KotkehloorNoneKrishan Kumar Kaushal Communist Party of India 18437 Ramlal Thakur Indian National Congress 12846
BilaspurNoneSadaram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 18309 Shiv Ram Indian National Congress 10547
GhumarwinNoneKaramdev Dharmani Bharatiya Janata Party 16336 Kashmir Singh Indian National Congress 10843
GeharwinSCRikhi Ram Kondal Bharatiya Janata Party 15784 Beeru Ram Kisore Indian National Congress 12833
NadaunNoneNarain Chand Prashar Indian National Congress 12198 Babu Ram Mandial Janata Dal 9860
HamirpurNoneJagdev Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 18554 Anita Verma Independent 9667
BamsanNoneLashkari Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 16450 Karam Singh Indian National Congress 7131
MewaSCIshwar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 20832 Dharam Singh Indian National Congress 8908
NadauntaNoneRam Rattan Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 19626 Manjit Singh Indian National Congress 11536
GagretSCSadhu Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 17815 Kuldip Kumar Indian National Congress 10351
ChintpurniNoneSushma Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 13619 Hari Dutt Sharma Indian National Congress 10718
SantokgarhNoneKashmiri Lal Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 21240 Vijay Kumar Joshi Indian National Congress 12451
UnaNoneDesraj Bharatiya Janata Party 22585 Virender Gautam Indian National Congress 14759
KutleharNoneRanjit Singh Janata Dal 15994 Ram Nath Sharma Indian National Congress 11988
NurpurNoneKewal Singh Janata Dal 21879 Sat Mahajan Indian National Congress 18436
GangathSCDes Raj Bharatiya Janata Party 20944 Girdhari Lal Indian National Congress 7345
JawaliNoneSujan Singh Pathania Indian National Congress 19508 Rajan Sushant Bharatiya Janata Party 17787
GulerNoneHarbans Singh Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 15140 Chander Kumar Indian National Congress 12099
JaswanNoneKashmir Singh Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 14155 Viplove Thakur Indian National Congress 11036
PragpurSCVirender Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 20197 Yog Raj Indian National Congress 11359
JawalamukhiNoneDhani Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 19152 Sushil Chand Rattan Indian National Congress 7037
ThuralNoneKanwar Durga Chand Janata Dal 12626 Aditya Dev Chand Indian National Congress 5730
RajgirSCAtma Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 13517 Milkh Ram Goma Indian National Congress 7861
BaijnathNoneDulo Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 16371 Sant Ram Indian National Congress 12576
PalampurNoneShanta Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 18012 Brij Bihari Lal Indian National Congress 12050
SulahNoneShanta Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 14930 Man Chand Rana Indian National Congress 10664
NagrotaNoneRam Chand Bhatia Bharatiya Janata Party 17346 Hardyal Indian National Congress 12489
ShahpurNoneVijai Singh Mankotia Janata Dal 17130 Ajit Pal Indian National Congress 12677
DharamsalaNoneKishan Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 18666 Mool Raj Padha Indian National Congress 5003
KangraNoneVidya Sagar Bharatiya Janata Party 24729 Hari Krishan Chand Indian National Congress 7899
BhattiyatNoneShiv Kumar Janata Dal 15620 Kuldip Singh Indian National Congress 8589
BanikhetNoneGandharv Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 11962 Asha Kumari Indian National Congress 10464
RajnagarSCMohan Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 17127 Nand Kumar Indian National Congress 9549
ChambaNoneKishori Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 17938 Sagar Chand Indian National Congress 12189
BharmourSTTulsi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 15727 Thakur Singh Indian National Congress 8106
Lahaul And SpitiSTPhunchog Rai Indian National Congress 6533 Hishe Dogia Bharatiya Janata Party 5082
BanjarNoneKaran Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 22084 Satya Prakash Thakur Indian National Congress 16948
AniSCKhub Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 22407 Diwan Singh Indian National Congress 9569
KarsogSCJoginder Pal Bharatiya Janata Party 15855 Mansa Ram Indian National Congress 3995
ChachiotNoneMoti Ram Janata Dal 12654 Vir Singh Independent 7072
NachanSCDile Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 16334 Tek Chand Indian National Congress 11858
SundernagarNoneRoop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 15778 Sher Singh Indian National Congress 8641
BalhSCDamodar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 24088 Piru Ram Indian National Congress 10900
GopalpurNoneLeela Bharatiya Janata Party 17021 Rangila Ram Indian National Congress 16581
DharampurNoneMahender Singh Independent 11970 Priya Brat Bharatiya Janata Party 8248
Joginder NagarNoneGulab Singh Indian National Congress 15924 Rattan Lal Janata Dal 11571
DarangNoneDina Nath Bharatiya Janata Party 18980 Kaul Singh Indian National Congress 15699
MandiNoneKanhaiya Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 19732 Durga Dutt Thakur Indian National Congress 10842

See also

References
  1. Bipin Bhardwaj (24 March 2019). "After Advani, roads closed for veteran BJP leader Shanta Kumar too, party hunts for new face in Himachal". Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. "Biographical Sketch of Member of 13th Lok Sabha". Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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