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

← 1985 27 February 1990 1993 →
67 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 34 seats needed for a majority
Registered	2,993,699
Turnout	67.76%
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 39 New 49 Popular vote 858,518 222,542 750,885 Percentage 41.78% 10.83% 36.54% Swing 5.91% New 19.32%
CM before election Virbhadra Singh INC Elected CM Shanta Kumar BJP

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Bharatiya Janata Party	858,518	41.78	46	39
	Indian National Congress	750,885	36.54	9	49
	Janata Dal	222,542	10.83	11	New
	Communist Party of India	42,393	2.06	1	1
	Others	55,139	2.68	0	0
	Independents	125,421	6.10	1	1
Total		2,054,898	100.00	68	0
Valid votes		2,054,898	99.20
Invalid/blank votes		16,625	0.80
Total votes		2,071,523	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,993,699	69.20
Source: ECI[4]

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party		Vote	Runner-up Candidates Name	Party		vote
Kinnaur	ST	Thakur Sen Negi		Bharatiya Janata Party	17653	Gopi Chand Negi		Independent	11187
Rampur	SC	Singhi Ram		Indian National Congress	18777	Ninzoo Ram		Independent	6921
Rohru	None	Virbhadra Singh		Indian National Congress	27602	Satya Dev Bushehari		Janata Dal	2976
Jubbal-kotkhai	None	Ram Lal		Janata Dal	16209	Virbhadra Singh		Indian National Congress	14723
Chopal	None	Radha Raman Shastri		Bharatiya Janata Party	17124	Yogendra Chandra		Indian National Congress	7027
Kumarsain	None	Bhagat Ram Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party	16078	Jai Bihari Lal Khachi		Indian National Congress	13892
Theog	None	Vidya Stokes		Indian National Congress	15586	Keshav Ram Kashyap		Janata Dal	14782
Simla	None	Suresh Bharadwaj		Bharatiya Janata Party	12701	Rakesh Singha		Communist Party of India	6857
Kasumpti	SC	Roop Dass Kashyap		Bharatiya Janata Party	20770	Shonkia Ram Kashyap		Indian National Congress	7493
Arki	None	Nagin Chander Pal		Bharatiya Janata Party	15350	Amar Chand Pal		Indian National Congress	4352
Doon	None	Chaudhary Lajja Ram		Janata Dal	13974	Lekh Ram		Indian National Congress	6485
Nalagarh	None	Vijayandra Singh		Indian National Congress	19774	Kehar Singh		Janata Dal	13428
Kasauli	SC	Satya Pal Kamboj		Bharatiya Janata Party	11333	Raghu Raj		Indian National Congress	7301
Solan	None	Mahender Nath Sofat		Bharatiya Janata Party	11882	Gian Chand		Indian National Congress	9147
Pachhad	SC	Ganguram Musafir		Indian National Congress	17006	Kali Dass		Bharatiya Janata Party	11835
Rainka	SC	Roop Singh		Janata Dal	13836	Prem Singh		Indian National Congress	11147
Shillai	None	Jagat Singh Negi		Janata Dal	13375	Harshvardhan Singh Chauhan		Indian National Congress	9907
Paonta Doon	None	Fateh Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	19750	Kush Parmar		Indian National Congress	13854
Nahan	None	Shyama Sharma		Janata Dal	15810	Ajay Bahadur Singh		Indian National Congress	8516
Kotkehloor	None	Krishan Kumar Kaushal		Communist Party of India	18437	Ramlal Thakur		Indian National Congress	12846
Bilaspur	None	Sadaram Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party	18309	Shiv Ram		Indian National Congress	10547
Ghumarwin	None	Karamdev Dharmani		Bharatiya Janata Party	16336	Kashmir Singh		Indian National Congress	10843
Geharwin	SC	Rikhi Ram Kondal		Bharatiya Janata Party	15784	Beeru Ram Kisore		Indian National Congress	12833
Nadaun	None	Narain Chand Prashar		Indian National Congress	12198	Babu Ram Mandial		Janata Dal	9860
Hamirpur	None	Jagdev Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party	18554	Anita Verma		Independent	9667
Bamsan	None	Lashkari Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	16450	Karam Singh		Indian National Congress	7131
Mewa	SC	Ishwar Dass		Bharatiya Janata Party	20832	Dharam Singh		Indian National Congress	8908
Nadaunta	None	Ram Rattan Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	19626	Manjit Singh		Indian National Congress	11536
Gagret	SC	Sadhu Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	17815	Kuldip Kumar		Indian National Congress	10351
Chintpurni	None	Sushma Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	13619	Hari Dutt Sharma		Indian National Congress	10718
Santokgarh	None	Kashmiri Lal Joshi		Bharatiya Janata Party	21240	Vijay Kumar Joshi		Indian National Congress	12451
Una	None	Desraj		Bharatiya Janata Party	22585	Virender Gautam		Indian National Congress	14759
Kutlehar	None	Ranjit Singh		Janata Dal	15994	Ram Nath Sharma		Indian National Congress	11988
Nurpur	None	Kewal Singh		Janata Dal	21879	Sat Mahajan		Indian National Congress	18436
Gangath	SC	Des Raj		Bharatiya Janata Party	20944	Girdhari Lal		Indian National Congress	7345
Jawali	None	Sujan Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress	19508	Rajan Sushant		Bharatiya Janata Party	17787
Guler	None	Harbans Singh Rana		Bharatiya Janata Party	15140	Chander Kumar		Indian National Congress	12099
Jaswan	None	Kashmir Singh Rana		Bharatiya Janata Party	14155	Viplove Thakur		Indian National Congress	11036
Pragpur	SC	Virender Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	20197	Yog Raj		Indian National Congress	11359
Jawalamukhi	None	Dhani Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	19152	Sushil Chand Rattan		Indian National Congress	7037
Thural	None	Kanwar Durga Chand		Janata Dal	12626	Aditya Dev Chand		Indian National Congress	5730
Rajgir	SC	Atma Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	13517	Milkh Ram Goma		Indian National Congress	7861
Baijnath	None	Dulo Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	16371	Sant Ram		Indian National Congress	12576
Palampur	None	Shanta Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	18012	Brij Bihari Lal		Indian National Congress	12050
Sulah	None	Shanta Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	14930	Man Chand Rana		Indian National Congress	10664
Nagrota	None	Ram Chand Bhatia		Bharatiya Janata Party	17346	Hardyal		Indian National Congress	12489
Shahpur	None	Vijai Singh Mankotia		Janata Dal	17130	Ajit Pal		Indian National Congress	12677
Dharamsala	None	Kishan Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party	18666	Mool Raj Padha		Indian National Congress	5003
Kangra	None	Vidya Sagar		Bharatiya Janata Party	24729	Hari Krishan Chand		Indian National Congress	7899
Bhattiyat	None	Shiv Kumar		Janata Dal	15620	Kuldip Singh		Indian National Congress	8589
Banikhet	None	Gandharv Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	11962	Asha Kumari		Indian National Congress	10464
Rajnagar	SC	Mohan Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	17127	Nand Kumar		Indian National Congress	9549
Chamba	None	Kishori Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	17938	Sagar Chand		Indian National Congress	12189
Bharmour	ST	Tulsi Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	15727	Thakur Singh		Indian National Congress	8106
Lahaul And Spiti	ST	Phunchog Rai		Indian National Congress	6533	Hishe Dogia		Bharatiya Janata Party	5082
Banjar	None	Karan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	22084	Satya Prakash Thakur		Indian National Congress	16948
Ani	SC	Khub Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	22407	Diwan Singh		Indian National Congress	9569
Karsog	SC	Joginder Pal		Bharatiya Janata Party	15855	Mansa Ram		Indian National Congress	3995
Chachiot	None	Moti Ram		Janata Dal	12654	Vir Singh		Independent	7072
Nachan	SC	Dile Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	16334	Tek Chand		Indian National Congress	11858
Sundernagar	None	Roop Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	15778	Sher Singh		Indian National Congress	8641
Balh	SC	Damodar Dass		Bharatiya Janata Party	24088	Piru Ram		Indian National Congress	10900
Gopalpur	None	Leela		Bharatiya Janata Party	17021	Rangila Ram		Indian National Congress	16581
Dharampur	None	Mahender Singh		Independent	11970	Priya Brat		Bharatiya Janata Party	8248
Joginder Nagar	None	Gulab Singh		Indian National Congress	15924	Rattan Lal		Janata Dal	11571
Darang	None	Dina Nath		Bharatiya Janata Party	18980	Kaul Singh		Indian National Congress	15699
Mandi	None	Kanhaiya Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	19732	Durga Dutt Thakur		Indian National Congress	10842

See also

• List of constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly
• 1990 elections in India