1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in September 1993 to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India.[1] The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and its leader, Virbhadra Singh was appointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for his second term.[2] The number of constituencies was set as 68 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[3]

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
11 September 1993
All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
35 seats needed for a majority
Registered3,277,625
Turnout71.50%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Virbhadra Singh J. P. Nadda
Party INC BJP
Seats before 9 46
Seats won 52 8
Seat change Increase43 Decrease38
Popular vote 48.82% 36.14%
CM before election

President's rule

 Elected CM

Virbhadra Singh
INC

The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.[4] The present strength of the Vidhan Sabha is 68.

Result
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress1,135,20348.8252+43
Bharatiya Janata Party840,23336.138–38
Communist Party of India (Marxist)17,3470.751+1
Others105,4754.5400
Independents227,0509.767+6
Total2,325,308100.00680
Valid votes2,325,30899.22
Invalid/blank votes18,3050.78
Total votes2,343,613100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,277,62571.50
Source: ECI[5]

Elected members
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)		 Member Party Vote Runner-up Candidates Name Party vote
KinnaurSTDev Raj Negi Indian National Congress 13746 Thakur Sen Negi Bharatiya Janata Party 12864
RampurSCSinghi Ram Indian National Congress 24116 Ninzoo Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 9638
RohruNoneVirbhadra Singh Indian National Congress 26976 Khushi Ram Balnath Bharatiya Janata Party 7030
Jubbal-kotkhaiNoneRam Lal Indian National Congress 21745 Rajpal Singh Chauhan Independent 4922
ChopalNoneYogendra Chandra Independent 16796 Kanwar Uday Singh Indian National Congress 6490
KumarsainNoneJai Bihari Lal Khachi Indian National Congress 21612 Bhagat Ram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 10987
TheogNoneRakesh Verma Bharatiya Janata Party 18088 Vidya Stokes Indian National Congress 16684
SimlaNoneRakesh Singha Communist Party of India 11854 Harbhajan Singh Bhajji Indian National Congress 11695
KasumptiSCCharanjiv Lal Kashyap Indian National Congress 20688 Roup Dass Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party 14455
ArkiNoneDharam Pal Indian National Congress 17077 Nagin Chander Pal Bharatiya Janata Party 11350
DoonNoneLajja Ram Indian National Congress 14622 Ram Partap Chandel Independent 14059
NalagarhNoneVijyendra Singh Indian National Congress 17969 Kehar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 12273
KasauliSCRaghu Raj Indian National Congress 16750 Virender Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party 10956
SolanNoneKrishna Mohini Indian National Congress 23177 Mohinder Nath Sofat Bharatiya Janata Party 11583
PachhadSCGangu Ram Musafir Indian National Congress 19021 Ram Parkash Bharatiya Janata Party 12649
RainkaSCPrem Singh Indian National Congress 15500 Mohan Lal Azad Bharatiya Janata Party 11786
ShillaiNoneHarsh Vardhan Indian National Congress 19092 Jagat Singh Negi Bharatiya Janata Party 12254
Paonta DoonNoneRattan Singh Indian National Congress 21238 Fateh Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 15648
NahanNoneKush Parmar Indian National Congress 15922 Shyam Sharma Janata Dal 9070
KotkehloorNoneRam Lal Thakur Indian National Congress 18985 Krishan Kumar Kaushal Communist Party of India 10245
BilaspurNoneJagat Prakash Nadda Bharatiya Janata Party 17500 Babu Ram Gautam Indian National Congress 15274
GhumarwinNoneKashmir Singh Indian National Congress 20603 Karam Dev Dharmani Bharatiya Janata Party 15019
GeharwinSCBeeru Ram Kishore Indian National Congress 20604 Kondal Rihi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 13304
NadaunNoneNarain Chand Prashar Indian National Congress 15571 Raghubir Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 14506
HamirpurNoneJagdev Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 17559 Anita Verma Indian National Congress 16413
BamsanNoneKuldeep Singh Pathania Indian National Congress 13657 Lashkari Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 13442
MewaSCIshwar Dass Dhiman Bharatiya Janata Party 17134 Neeraj Kumar Indian National Congress 16687
NadauntaNoneManjit Singh Independent 11821 Ram Rattan Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 11650
GagretSCKuldeep Kumar Indian National Congress 18059 Sadhu Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 10871
ChintpurniNoneHari Datt Independent 14060 Ganesh Datt Bharwal Indian National Congress 8247
SantokgarhNoneVijay Kumar Joshi Indian National Congress 13292 Kashmiri Lal Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 10061
UnaNoneO.p. Rattan Indian National Congress 14014 Virender Gautam Independent 13212
KutleharNoneRam Dass Malangar Bharatiya Janata Party 14846 Ram Nath Sharma Indian National Congress 13874
NurpurNoneSat Mahajan Indian National Congress 28961 Megh Raj Awasthi Bharatiya Janata Party 13870
GangathSCDurga Dass Indian National Congress 16036 Des Raj Bharatiya Janata Party 13448
JawaliNoneSujan Singh Pathania Indian National Congress 19409 Rajan Sushant Bharatiya Janata Party 17773
GulerNoneChander Kumar Indian National Congress 19051 Harbans Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 10308
JaswanNoneViplove Thakur Indian National Congress 16283 Kashmir Singh Rana Bharatiya Janata Party 8523
PragpurSCVirender Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 13685 Yog Raj Independent 11968
JawalamukhiNoneKewal Singh Indian National Congress 16558 Dhani Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 13569
ThuralNoneRavinder Singh Ravi Bharatiya Janata Party 13685 Kanwar Durga Chand Independent 12764
RajgirSCMilkhi Ram Goma Indian National Congress 16035 Atma Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 11090
BaijnathNoneSant Ram Indian National Congress 18276 Dulo Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 13477
PalampurNoneBrij Bihari Lal Indian National Congress 21212 Shiv Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 14702
SulahNoneMan Chand Rana Indian National Congress 16745 Shanta Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 13478
NagrotaNoneHardyal Choudhary Independent 19085 Chaudhary Ram Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 10366
ShahpurNoneVijay Singh Mankotia Indian National Congress 17972 Sarveen Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 16691
DharamsalaNoneKishan Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party 11950 Chandresh Kumari Indian National Congress 11533
KangraNoneDaulat Ram Indian National Congress 20658 Vidya Sagar Bharatiya Janata Party 14342
BhattiyatNoneKuldeep Singh Independent 13595 Brij Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 8681
BanikhetNoneAsha Kumari Indian National Congress 19079 Gandharv Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 13673
RajnagarSCVidhya Dhar Indian National Congress 18563 Mohan Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 13919
ChambaNoneHarsh Mahajan Indian National Congress 20435 Kishori Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 13585
BharmourSTThakar Singh Independent 10225 Tulshi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 8948
Lahaul And SpitiSTPhunchog Rai Indian National Congress 6509 Hishe Dogia Bharatiya Janata Party 5067
KuluNoneRaj Krishan Gour Indian National Congress 29077 Kunj Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 20423
BanjarNoneSatya Parkash Thakur Indian National Congress 24539 Karan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 22518
AniSCIshwar Dass Indian National Congress 20436 Tej Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 18320
KarsogSCMast Ram Indian National Congress 19371 Joginder Pal Bharatiya Janata Party 9144
ChachiotNoneMoti Ram Indian National Congress 9944 Jai Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 7993
NachanSCTek Chand Independent 20120 Dile Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 12814
SundernagarNoneSher Singh Indian National Congress 16380 Roop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 10843
BalhSCNek Ram Indian National Congress 19050 Damodar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 14860
GopalpurNoneRangila Ram Rao Indian National Congress 25960 Randhir Singh Chamdel Bharatiya Janata Party 12552
DharampurNoneMahender Singh Indian National Congress 20065 Preay Brat Bharatiya Janata Party 11737
Joginder NagarNoneGulab Singh Indian National Congress 18412 Ganga Ram Jamwal Bharatiya Janata Party 11070
DarangNoneKaul Singh Indian National Congress 22482 Dina Nath Bharatiya Janata Party 15848
MandiNoneAnil Sharma Indian National Congress 23134 Kanhaiya Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 10712

By-elections
  • Shri Adarsh Kumar Sood was elected in a by-election caused by the unseating of the sitting Member Shri Rakesh Singha from Shimla.
  • Smt. Anita Verma was elected in a by-election caused at the demise of Shri Jagdev Chand who died immediately after the declaration of results.
  • Shri Durga Chand was elected in a by-election in 1995 from Sulah at the death of Shri Man Chand Rana.
  • Shri Jagat Singh Negi was elected in a by-election in 1995 at the death of the sitting MLA Shri Dev Raj Negi.
  • Shri Ranjeet Singh Bakshi was elected in October, 1996 in a by-election. The vacancy was caused due to the election of the then sitting Member Shri Sat Mahajan to Lok Sabha.

See also

References
  1. "Assembly Members - Eighth Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
  2. "Virbhadra Singh: Congress leader who had special place in hearts of Himachalis". The New Indian Express. PTI. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  3. "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. "Himachal Legislative Assembly".
  5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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