Kangra Lok Sabha constituency

Kangra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India.[1][2]

Kangra
Lok Sabha constituency
Kangra Lok Sabha constituency within Himachal Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateHimachal Pradesh
Assembly constituencies17: Churah, Chamba, Dalhousie, Bhattiyat, Nurpur, Indora, Fatehpur, Jawali, Jawalamukhi, Jaisinghpur, Sullah, Nagrota, Kangra, Shahpur, Dharamshala, Palampur and Baijnath
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019
Preceded byShanta Kumar

Assembly segments

Kangra Lok Sabha constituency presently comprised the following 17 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[2]

No Name District Member Party
1 Churah (SC) Chamba Hans Raj Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Chamba Niraj Nayyar INC
4 Dalhousie Dhavinder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
5 Bhattiyat Kuldeep Singh Pathania INC
6 Nurpur Kangra Ranbir Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
7 Indora (SC) Malender Rajan INC
8 Fatehpur Bhawani Singh Pathania INC
9 Jawali Chander Kumar INC
12 Jawalamukhi Sanjay Rattan INC
13 Jaisinghpur (SC) Yadvinder Goma INC
14 Sullah Vipin Singh Parmar Bharatiya Janata Party
15 Nagrota Raghubir Singh Bali INC
16 Kangra Pawan Kumar Kajal Bharatiya Janata Party
17 Shahpur Kewal Singh Pathania INC
18 Dharamshala Sudhir Sharma INC
19 Palampur Ashish Butail INC
20 Baijnath (SC) Kishori Lal INC

Members of Parliament
Year Name[3][4][5][6][7][8] Party
1952 Hem Raj Indian National Congress
1957
Daljit Singh
1962 Hem Raj
1967
1971 Vikram Chand Mahajan
1977 Kanwar Durga Chand Janata Party
1980 Vikram Chand Mahajan Indian National Congress
1984 Chandresh Kumari Katoch Indian National Congress
1989 Shanta Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 D. D. Khanoria
1996 Sat Mahajan Indian National Congress
1998 Shanta Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004 Chander Kumar Indian National Congress
2009 Rajan Sushant Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Shanta Kumar
2019 Kishan Kapoor

Election results

2019
2019 Indian general elections: Kangra[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kishan Kapoor 725,218 72.02 Increase14.96
INC Pawan Kajal 2,47,595 24.59 Decrease11.20
BSP Dr. Kehar Singh 8,866 0.88 Increase0.14
IND Dr. Sanjiv Guleria 4,573 0.45 New
IND Prem Chand Vishwakarma 2,371 0.24 New
NOTA None of the Above 11,327 1.12 Increase0.03
Majority 4,77,623 47.43 Increase26.16
Turnout 10,06,989 70.55 Increase7.03
BJP hold Swing Increase14.96

2014
2014 Indian general elections: Kangra[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shanta Kumar 456,163 57.06 Increase8.37
INC Chander Kumar 2,86,091 35.79 Decrease9.76
AAP Dr. Rajan Sushant 24,430 3.06 New
BSP Lal Hussain 5,949 0.74 Decrease1.19
IND. Bhupinder Mehra 5,585 0.70 Increase0.70
NOTA None of the Above 8,704 1.09 Increase1.09
Majority 1,70,072 21.27 Increase18.13
Turnout 7,99,445 63.52 Increase8.37
BJP hold Swing Increase8.37

2009
2009 Indian general elections: Kangra[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Rajan Sushant 322,254 48.69
INC Chander Kumar 3,01,475 45.55
BSP Col. Narinder Singh Pathania 12,745 1.93
IND. Roshan Lal 8,283 1.25
LJP Keshab 7,720 1.17
Majority 20,779 3.14
Turnout 6,61,847 55.15
BJP gain from INC Swing

2004
Party Candidate Name Votes Votes %
INC Chander Kumar 314,555 49.1%
BJP Shanta Kumar 296,764 46.3%
BSP Lt. Col. Shakti Chand Chaudhary (Retd.) 10,860 1.7%
IND Fakir Chand 10,594 1.7%
SP Roshan Rana 7,092 1.1%
IND Dhani Ram 3,312 0.5%
Majority 17,791 2.8%
Turnout 6,40,345 62.0%

See also

References
  1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Result of H.P. of Lok Sabha Elections-2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  3. "General Election, 1977 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. "General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  5. "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  7. "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  8. "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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