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2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on 9 November 2017 to elect all 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
55 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.57% (Increase2.06%)
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
LeaderPrem Kumar DhumalVirbhadra SinghRakesh Singha
PartyBJPINCCPI(M)
Leader since198019832017
Leader's seatNo seatArki[1]Theog
Last election26360
Seats won50211
Seat changeIncreaseDecrease15Increase1
Popular vote4,32,0001,577,45055,558
Percentage48.8%41.7%1.5%
SwingIncrease10.33%Decrease1.11%Decrease0.1%
Chief Minister before election

Virbhadra Singh
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Jai Ram Thakur
BJP

The term of the previous Legislative Assembly ended on 7 January 2017. Since 2012, the Indian National Congress Party was in power in the outgoing assembly with 36 seats. The lone opposition party was Bharatiya Janata Party.

The Constitution of India states that the term of Legislative Assemblies is five years, at maximum. The term of current Legislative Assembly ends on 7 January 2018.[2] The previous election, held in 2012 resulted in Congress gaining majority of seats and Virbhadra Singh becoming Chief Minister.

Himachal Pradesh, as a state of India follows Parliamentary system of government similar to other states. The Government is responsible to the Assembly and stays in power only if it has the support of majority members. Elections take place on a first past the post basis, the candidate with the most votes wins the seat regardless of an absolute majority. Every citizen of the state, who is 18 and above is eligible to vote. The Governor then invites the leader of the largest party or coalition to form the government. As is common in most other first past the post electoral systems, the state's politics are dominated by two parties – the Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party.

State elections in India are often fought on central issues, and the results are regarded as a referendum on the central government's policies. This is especially true in the case of states where the two national parties – Congress and BJP are in direct contest with each other. The state units of the parties are not completely independent and the central authority of the parties has a considerable influence over candidate selection and campaigning. However, state issues do tend to dominate the discourse. The Congress party has projected its current Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh as its Chief Ministerial candidate for the elections. BJP announced Prem Kumar Dhumal as its Chief Ministerial candidate. Dhumal, however, lost the election so eventually the BJP made Jai Ram Thakur the Chief Minister of state, who won from the Seraj constituency. In the 17th Assembly segment, Tashigang village becomes the highest polling station at an altitude of 15256 feet. The polling station falls in Buddhist-dominated Lahul-Spiti that form the Mandi Lok Sabha seat, the second-largest constituency in India. Situated at about 29 Kilometres from the India-China border, the polling station covers two villages - Tashigang and Gets. As per the revised electoral roll, the two villages have 48 Voters of which 30 are men and 18 women.

Preparations for elections

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VVPAT-fitted electronic voting machines were used in all of the 7,521 polling stations, the first time that the entire state will see the implementation of VVPAT to ensure greater transparency to the voter.[3] Over 5 million voters are registered in the state.[4] VVPAT slips were counted in 2 polling stations each across all 68 Himachal Pradesh constituencies.[5]

India's first voter, Shyam Saran Negi, voted for the 29th time at Kalpa polling station in Kinnaur.[6]

Group of votersVoters population
Male2,531,321
Female2,457,032
Third gender169
Total voters5,025,541

Tibetan voters

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Indian electoral rules allow any citizen of India above 18 years of age to vote in any states and union territories of India, provided he/she is a resident of that state. India has a large Tibetan diaspora that fled from Tibet along with the Dalai Lama. Dharamshala, a city in Himachal Pradesh, is the capital of the Central Tibetan Administration. The Government has allowed Tibetans born in India between 1950 and 1987 to vote in the elections. This however, does not affect their relationship with the CTA.[7][8]

Candidate list

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BJP declared list of 68 candidates on 18 October 2017 which includes 14 first timers with 21 new faces.[9]

Schedule

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EventDateDay
Date for nominations16 October 2017Monday
Last date for filing nominations23 October 2017Monday
Date for scrutiny of nominations24 October 2017Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures26 October 2017Thursday
Date of poll9 Nov 2017Thursday
Date of counting18 December 2017Monday
Date before which the election shall be completed20 December 2017Wednesday

Opinion polls

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Polling firm/CommissionerDate published
BJPINCOthers
India-Today (Axis) Opinion Poll[10]24 October 201749%
43–47		38%
21–25		13%
0–2
ABP News CSDS[11]30 October 201747%
39–45		41%
22–28		12%
0–3
C-Voter[12]7 November 201750%
52		37%
15		11%
1

Results

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The results were declared on 18 December 2017.[13]

← Summary of the 9 November 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results[14]
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)1,846,43248.8 10.344 18
Indian National Congress (INC)1,577,45041.7 1.121 15
Independents239,9896.3 6.12 3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))55,5581.5 0.11 1
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)18,5400.5 0.70
Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP)— 2.40 1
None of the Above (NOTA)34,2320.9 0.9—
Total37,84,658100.0068±0
Valid votes37,84,65899.64
Invalid votes13,1580.36
Votes cast / turnout37,98,17675.57
Abstentions12,27,76424.43
Registered voters50,25,940

Results by District

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District wise map of Himachal PradeshDistrictTotal SeatsBJPINCOTH
Chamba

5

410
Kangra

15

1131
Lahaul and Spiti

1

100
Kullu

4

310
Mandi

10

901
Hamirpur

5

230
Una

5

320
Bilaspur

4

310
Solan

5

230
Sirmaur

5

320
Shimla

8

341
Kinnaur

1

010
Total

68

44213

Results by Constituency

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District#ConstituencyWinner[15]Runner-upMargin
CandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
Chamba1Churah (SC)Hans RajBJP28,293Surender BhardwajINC23,3494,944
2Bharmour (ST)Jia LalBJP25,744Thakur Singh BharmouriINC18,3957,349
3ChambaPawan NayyarBJP26,763Neeraj NayarINC24,8841,879
4DalhousieAsha KumariINC24,224D. S. ThakurBJP23,668556
5BhattiyatBikram Singh JaryalBJP29,119Kuldeep Singh PathaniaINC22,2346,885
Kangra6NurpurRakesh PathaniaBJP34,871Ajay MahajanINC28,2296,642
7Indora (SC)Reeta DeviBJP29,213Kamal KishoreINC28,1181,095
8FatehpurSujan Singh PathaniaINC18,962Kripal Singh ParmarBJP17,6781,284
9JawaliArjun SinghBJP36,999Chander KumarINC28,7868,213
10DehraHoshyar SinghInd24,206Ravinder Singh RaviBJP20,2923,914
11Jaswan-PragpurBikram SinghBJP23,583Surinder Singh MankotiaINC21,7211,862
12JawalamukhiRamesh Chand DhawalaBJP27,914Sanjay RattanINC21,4506,464
13Jaisinghpur (SC)Ravinder KumarBJP29,357Yadvinder GomaINC18,64710,710
14SullahVipin Singh ParmarBJP38,173Jagjiwan PaulINC27,88210,291
15NagrotaArun KumarBJP32,039G S BaliINC31,0391,000
16KangraPawan Kumar KajalINC25,549Sanjay ChaudharyBJP19,3416,208
17ShahpurSarveen ChoudharyBJP23,104Major (Ret.) Vijai Singh MankotiaInd16,9576,147
18DharamshalaKishan KapoorBJP26,050Sudhir SharmaINC23,0532,997
19PalampurAshish ButailINC24,252Indu GoswamiBJP19,9284,324
20Baijnath (SC)Mulkh Raj PremiBJP32,102Kishori LalINC19,43312,669
Lahaul and
Spiti		21Lahaul and Spiti (ST)Ram Lal MarkandaBJP7,756Ravi ThakurINC6,2781,478
Kullu22ManaliGovind Singh ThakurBJP27,173Hari Chand SharmaINC24,1683,005
23KulluSunder Singh ThakurINC31,423Maheshwar SinghBJP29,8851,538
24BanjarSurender ShourieBJP28,007Aditya Vikram SinghINC24,7673,240
25Anni (SC)Kishori LalBJP30,559Paras RamINC24,5765,983
Mandi26Karsog (SC)Hira LalBJP22,102Mansa RamINC17,2724,830
27SundernagarRakesh Kumar JamwalBJP32,545Sohan LalINC23,2829,263
28Nachan (SC)Vinod KumarBJP38,154Lal Singh KaushalINC22,25815,896
29SerajJai Ram ThakurBJP35,519Chet RamINC24,26511,254
30DarangJawahar ThakurBJP31,392Kaul SinghINC24,8516,541
31JogindernagarPrakash RanaInd31,214Gulab Singh ThakurBJP24,5796,635
32DharampurMahender SinghBJP27,931ChandershekharINC15,96711,964
33MandiAnil SharmaBJP31,282Champa ThakurINC21,02510,257
34Balh (SC)Colonel Inder SinghBJP34,704Prakash ChaudharyINC21,89312,811
35SarkaghatColonel Inder SinghBJP30,705Pawan KumarINC21,4039,302
Hamirpur36Bhoranj (SC)Kamlesh KumariBJP27,961Suresh KumarINC21,0696,892
37SujanpurRajinder RanaINC25,288Prem Kumar DhumalBJP23,3691,919
38HamirpurNarinder ThakurBJP25,854Kuldeep Singh PathaniaINC18,6237,231
39BarsarInder Dutt LakhanpalINC25,679Baldev SharmaBJP25,240439
40NadaunSukhvinder Singh SukhuINC30,980Vijay AgnihotriBJP28,6312,349
Una41Chintpurni (SC)Balvir SinghBJP32,488Kuldip KumarINC23,9098,579
42GagretRajesh ThakurBJP33,977Rakesh KaliaINC24,6579,320
43HaroliMukesh AgnihotriINC35,095Ram KumarBJP27,7187,377
44UnaSatpal RaizadaINC31,360Satpal Singh SattiBJP28,1643,196
45KutleharVirender KanwarBJP31,101Vivek SharmaINC25,4955,606
Bilaspur46Jhanduta (SC)Jeet Ram KatwalBJP29,030Beeru Ram KishoreINC24,0684,962
47GhumarwinRajinder GargBJP34,846Rajesh DharmaniINC24,41110,435
48BilaspurSubhash ThakurBJP31,547Bumber ThakurINC24,6856,862
49Sri Naina DevijiRam Lal ThakurINC28,119Randhir SharmaBJP27,0771,042
Solan50ArkiVirbhadra SinghINC34,499Rattan Singh PalBJP28,4486,051
51NalagarhLakhvinder Singh RanaINC25,872Krishan Lal ThakurBJP24,6301,242
52DoonParamjeet Singh PammiBJP29,701Ram KumarINC25,3824,319
53Solan (SC)Dhani Ram ShandilINC26,200Rajesh KashyapBJP25,529671
54Kasauli (SC)Rajiv SaizalBJP23,656Vinod SultanpuriINC23,214442
Sirmaur55Pachhad (SC)Suresh Kumar KashyapBJP30,243Gangu Ram MusafirINC23,8166,427
56NahanDr. Rajeev BindalBJP31,563Ajay SolankeyINC27,5733,990
57Sri Renukaji (SC)Vinay KumarINC22,028Balbir SinghBJP16,8685,160
58Paonta SahibSukh Ram ChaudharyBJP36,011Kirnesh JungINC23,39212,619
59ShillaiHarsh Wardhan Singh ChauhanINC29,171Baldev SinghBJP25,0464,125
Shimla60ChopalBalbir Singh VermaBJP29,537Subhash Chand ManglateINC24,9504,587
61TheogRakesh SinghaCPM24,791Rakesh VermaBJP22,8081,983
62KasumpatiAnirudh SinghINC22,061Vijay JyotiBJP12,6649,397
63ShimlaSuresh BhardwajBJP14,012Harish JanarthaInd12,1091,903
64Shimla RuralVikramaditya SinghINC28,275Dr. Pramod SharmaBJP23,3954,880
65Jubbal-KotkhaiNarinder BragtaBJP27,466Rohit ThakurINC26,4041,062
66Rampur (SC)Nand LalINC25,730Prem Singh DaraikBJP21,6934,037
67Rohru (SC)Mohan Lal BraktaINC29,134Shashi BalaBJP19,7269,408
Kinnaur68Kinnaur (ST)Jagat Singh NegiINC20,029Tejwant Singh NegiBJP19,909120

References

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  1. ^ "Virbhadra Singh files nomination from Arki constituency". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Terms of the Houses". eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India/National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
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  4. ^ "One day poll in HP, result on December 18 | Shimla News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "In a first, EC to hold mandatory VVPAT count at one polling station of each constituency | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  6. ^ "At 100, India's first voter Shyam Negi keeps date with V-day". Hindustan Times. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Tibetans living in exile to vote first time in Himachal assembly elections". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  8. ^ "RK Nagar By-Election Results | Tamil Nadu Assembly By-poll 2017". OnManorama.
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  10. ^ "Himachal Pradesh Opinion Poll: BJP all set for a big win, development the key issue". IndiaToday. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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  13. ^ "Tale of two states: Gujarat trumps over Himachal Pradesh on NOTA votes | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
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