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

← 1990 11 September 1993 1998 →
All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 35 seats needed for a majority
Registered	3,277,625
Turnout	71.50%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Virbhadra Singh J. P. Nadda Party INC BJP Seats before 9 46 Seats won 52 8 Seat change 43 38 Popular vote 1,135,203 840,233 Percentage 48.82% 36.13% Swing 12.28% 5.65%
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.

Parties and alliances

  Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			J. P. Nadda	67

  Indian National Congress

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Virbhadra Singh	68

Result

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	1,135,203	48.82	52	43
	Bharatiya Janata Party	840,233	36.13	8	38
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	17,347	0.75	1	1
	Others	105,475	4.54	0	0
	Independents	227,050	9.76	7	6
Total		2,325,308	100.00	68	0
Valid votes		2,325,308	99.22
Invalid/blank votes		18,305	0.78
Total votes		2,343,613	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,277,625	71.50
Source: ECI[5]

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party		Vote	Runner-up Candidates Name	Party		vote
Kinnaur	ST	Dev Raj Negi		Indian National Congress	13746	Thakur Sen Negi		Bharatiya Janata Party	12864
Rampur	SC	Singhi Ram		Indian National Congress	24116	Ninzoo Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	9638
Rohru	None	Virbhadra Singh		Indian National Congress	26976	Khushi Ram Balnath		Bharatiya Janata Party	7030
Jubbal-kotkhai	None	Ram Lal		Indian National Congress	21745	Rajpal Singh Chauhan		Independent	4922
Chopal	None	Yogendra Chandra		Independent	16796	Kanwar Uday Singh		Indian National Congress	6490
Kumarsain	None	Jai Bihari Lal Khachi		Indian National Congress	21612	Bhagat Ram Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party	10987
Theog	None	Rakesh Verma		Bharatiya Janata Party	18088	Vidya Stokes		Indian National Congress	16684
Simla	None	Rakesh Singha		Communist Party of India	11854	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji		Indian National Congress	11695
Kasumpti	SC	Charanjiv Lal Kashyap		Indian National Congress	20688	Roup Dass Kashyap		Bharatiya Janata Party	14455
Arki	None	Dharam Pal		Indian National Congress	17077	Nagin Chander Pal		Bharatiya Janata Party	11350
Doon	None	Lajja Ram		Indian National Congress	14622	Ram Partap Chandel		Independent	14059
Nalagarh	None	Vijyendra Singh		Indian National Congress	17969	Kehar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	12273
Kasauli	SC	Raghu Raj		Indian National Congress	16750	Virender Kashyap		Bharatiya Janata Party	10956
Solan	None	Krishna Mohini		Indian National Congress	23177	Mohinder Nath Sofat		Bharatiya Janata Party	11583
Pachhad	SC	Gangu Ram Musafir		Indian National Congress	19021	Ram Parkash		Bharatiya Janata Party	12649
Rainka	SC	Prem Singh		Indian National Congress	15500	Mohan Lal Azad		Bharatiya Janata Party	11786
Shillai	None	Harsh Vardhan		Indian National Congress	19092	Jagat Singh Negi		Bharatiya Janata Party	12254
Paonta Doon	None	Rattan Singh		Indian National Congress	21238	Fateh Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	15648
Nahan	None	Kush Parmar		Indian National Congress	15922	Shyam Sharma		Janata Dal	9070
Kotkehloor	None	Ram Lal Thakur		Indian National Congress	18985	Krishan Kumar Kaushal		Communist Party of India	10245
Bilaspur	None	Jagat Prakash Nadda		Bharatiya Janata Party	17500	Babu Ram Gautam		Indian National Congress	15274
Ghumarwin	None	Kashmir Singh		Indian National Congress	20603	Karam Dev Dharmani		Bharatiya Janata Party	15019
Geharwin	SC	Beeru Ram Kishore		Indian National Congress	20604	Kondal Rihi Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	13304
Nadaun	None	Narain Chand Prashar		Indian National Congress	15571	Raghubir Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	14506
Hamirpur	None	Jagdev Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party	17559	Anita Verma		Indian National Congress	16413
Bamsan	None	Kuldeep Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress	13657	Lashkari Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	13442
Mewa	SC	Ishwar Dass Dhiman		Bharatiya Janata Party	17134	Neeraj Kumar		Indian National Congress	16687
Nadaunta	None	Manjit Singh		Independent	11821	Ram Rattan Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	11650
Gagret	SC	Kuldeep Kumar		Indian National Congress	18059	Sadhu Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	10871
Chintpurni	None	Hari Datt		Independent	14060	Ganesh Datt Bharwal		Indian National Congress	8247
Santokgarh	None	Vijay Kumar Joshi		Indian National Congress	13292	Kashmiri Lal Joshi		Bharatiya Janata Party	10061
Una	None	O.p. Rattan		Indian National Congress	14014	Virender Gautam		Independent	13212
Kutlehar	None	Ram Dass Malangar		Bharatiya Janata Party	14846	Ram Nath Sharma		Indian National Congress	13874
Nurpur	None	Sat Mahajan		Indian National Congress	28961	Megh Raj Awasthi		Bharatiya Janata Party	13870
Gangath	SC	Durga Dass		Indian National Congress	16036	Des Raj		Bharatiya Janata Party	13448
Jawali	None	Sujan Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress	19409	Rajan Sushant		Bharatiya Janata Party	17773
Guler	None	Chander Kumar		Indian National Congress	19051	Harbans Rana		Bharatiya Janata Party	10308
Jaswan	None	Viplove Thakur		Indian National Congress	16283	Kashmir Singh Rana		Bharatiya Janata Party	8523
Pragpur	SC	Virender Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	13685	Yog Raj		Independent	11968
Jawalamukhi	None	Kewal Singh		Indian National Congress	16558	Dhani Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	13569
Thural	None	Ravinder Singh Ravi		Bharatiya Janata Party	13685	Kanwar Durga Chand		Independent	12764
Rajgir	SC	Milkhi Ram Goma		Indian National Congress	16035	Atma Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	11090
Baijnath	None	Sant Ram		Indian National Congress	18276	Dulo Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	13477
Palampur	None	Brij Bihari Lal		Indian National Congress	21212	Shiv Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	14702
Sulah	None	Man Chand Rana		Indian National Congress	16745	Shanta Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	13478
Nagrota	None	Hardyal Choudhary		Independent	19085	Chaudhary Ram Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party	10366
Shahpur	None	Vijay Singh Mankotia		Indian National Congress	17972	Sarveen Choudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party	16691
Dharamsala	None	Kishan Kapoor		Bharatiya Janata Party	11950	Chandresh Kumari		Indian National Congress	11533
Kangra	None	Daulat Ram		Indian National Congress	20658	Vidya Sagar		Bharatiya Janata Party	14342
Bhattiyat	None	Kuldeep Singh		Independent	13595	Brij Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	8681
Banikhet	None	Asha Kumari		Indian National Congress	19079	Gandharv Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	13673
Rajnagar	SC	Vidhya Dhar		Indian National Congress	18563	Mohan Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	13919
Chamba	None	Harsh Mahajan		Indian National Congress	20435	Kishori Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	13585
Bharmour	ST	Thakar Singh		Independent	10225	Tulshi Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	8948
Lahaul And Spiti	ST	Phunchog Rai		Indian National Congress	6509	Hishe Dogia		Bharatiya Janata Party	5067
Kulu	None	Raj Krishan Gour		Indian National Congress	29077	Kunj Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	20423
Banjar	None	Satya Parkash Thakur		Indian National Congress	24539	Karan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	22518
Ani	SC	Ishwar Dass		Indian National Congress	20436	Tej Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	18320
Karsog	SC	Mast Ram		Indian National Congress	19371	Joginder Pal		Bharatiya Janata Party	9144
Chachiot	None	Moti Ram		Indian National Congress	9944	Jai Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	7993
Nachan	SC	Tek Chand		Independent	20120	Dile Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	12814
Sundernagar	None	Sher Singh		Indian National Congress	16380	Roop Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	10843
Balh	SC	Nek Ram		Indian National Congress	19050	Damodar Dass		Bharatiya Janata Party	14860
Gopalpur	None	Rangila Ram Rao		Indian National Congress	25960	Randhir Singh Chamdel		Bharatiya Janata Party	12552
Dharampur	None	Mahender Singh		Indian National Congress	20065	Preay Brat		Bharatiya Janata Party	11737
Joginder Nagar	None	Gulab Singh		Indian National Congress	18412	Ganga Ram Jamwal		Bharatiya Janata Party	11070
Darang	None	Kaul Singh		Indian National Congress	22482	Dina Nath		Bharatiya Janata Party	15848
Mandi	None	Anil 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

• List of constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly
• 1993 elections in India
• Government of Himachal Pradesh