2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh in 2003.

2003 Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election

← 1998 26 February 2003 2007 →
All 68 assembly constituencies 35 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.51%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Virbhadra Singh Prem Kumar Dhumal Party INC BJP Leader's seat Rohru Bamsan Seats before 31 31 Seats won 43 16 Seat change 12 15 Popular vote 1,447,319 1,300,756 Percentage 41% 35.38% Swing 2.51% 3.62%
Chief Minister before election Prem Kumar Dhumal BJP Elected Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh INC

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Prem Kumar Dhumal	68

  Indian National Congress

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

Others

Party		flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Himachal Vikas Congress			Anil Sharma	49
	Lok Janshakti Party			Ram Vilas Paswan	27
	Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh			Mohinder Singh	14

Results

Rank	Party		Seats contested	Seats won	% votes
1		Indian National Congress	68	43	41
2		Bharatiya Janata Party	68	16	35.38
3		Independent	68	6	12.60
4		Himachal Vikas Congress	49	1	5.87
5		Lok Jan Shakti Party	27	1	1
6		Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh	14	1	2.17
Total				68

Source: ECI^[1]

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party		Vote	Runner-up Candidates Name	Party		vote
Kinnaur	ST	Jagat Singh		Indian National Congress	19052	Tejwant Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	11646
Rampur	SC	Singhi Ram		Indian National Congress	27757	Brij Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	10510
Rohru	None	Virbhadra Singh		Indian National Congress	32617	Khushi Ram Balnahta		Bharatiya Janata Party	15328
Jubbal-kotkhai	None	Rohit Thakur		Indian National Congress	21884	Narinder Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	15040
Chopal	None	Subhash Chand		Independent	10910	Yogendra Chandra		Indian National Congress	8339
Kumarsain	None	Vidya Stokes		Indian National Congress	17600	Parmod Kumar Sharma		Independent	13329
Theog	None	Rakesh Verma		Independent	19869	Rajinder Verma		Indian National Congress	16510
Simla	None	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji		Indian National Congress	12060	Sanjay Chauhan		Communist Party of India	9949
Kasumpti	SC	Sohan Lal		Independent	16972	Roop Dass Kashyap		Bharatiya Janata Party	13487
Arki	None	Dharam Pal Thakur		Indian National Congress	15933	Govind Ram Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	14890
Doon	None	Lajja Ram		Indian National Congress	17297	Vinod Kumari		Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh	14877
Nalagarh	None	Hari Naraian Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	22892	Sukriti Kumari		Indian National Congress	19809
Kasauli	SC	Raghu Raj		Indian National Congress	17886	Virender Kashyap		Bharatiya Janata Party	14127
Solan	None	Dr. Rajeev Bindal		Bharatiya Janata Party	15332	Mohinder Nath Sofat		Independent	13973
Pachhad	SC	Gangu Ram Musafir		Indian National Congress	21671	Ram Prakash		Bharatiya Janata Party	20385
Rainka	SC	Dr. Prem Singh		Indian National Congress	19948	Balbir Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	13614
Shillai	None	Harsh Wardhan		Indian National Congress	17326	Jagat Singh		Independent	9902
Paonta Doon	None	Sukh Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	22647	Kirnesh Jung		Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh	16785
Nahan	None	Sadanand Chauhan		Lok Jan Shakti Party	14551	Kush Parmar		Indian National Congress	13360
Kot-kehloor	None	Thakur Ram Lal		Indian National Congress	19509	Randheer Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	16507
Bilaspur	None	Tilak Raj		Indian National Congress	22868	Jagat Prakash Nadda		Bharatiya Janata Party	20142
Ghumarwin	None	Karam Dev Dharmani		Bharatiya Janata Party	20609	Kashmir Singh		Indian National Congress	17202
Geharwin	SC	Dr. Beeru Ram Kishore		Independent	21512	Rikhi Ram Kondal		Bharatiya Janata Party	19958
Nadaun	None	Sukhvinder Singh		Indian National Congress	14379	Prabhat Chand		Independent	9794
Hamirpur	None	Anita Verma		Indian National Congress	20749	Urmil Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party	13884
Bamsan	None	Prem Kumar Dhumal		Bharatiya Janata Party	29325	Kuldeep Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress	13627
Mewa	SC	Ishwar Dass Dhiman		Bharatiya Janata Party	22778	Suresh Kumar		Indian National Congress	21449
Nadaunta	None	Baldev Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	23796	Vidya Kumari		Indian National Congress	11235
Gagret	SC	Kuldeep Kumar		Indian National Congress	23297	Balbir Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	16119
Chintpurni	None	Rakesh Kalia		Indian National Congress	26581	Praveen Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	15640
Santokgarh	None	Mukesh Agnihotri		Indian National Congress	16360	Jagroop Singh		Independent	11336
Una	None	Satpal Singh Satti		Bharatiya Janata Party	27651	Virender Gautam		Indian National Congress	27600
Kutlehar	None	Virender Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	12380	Saroj Thakur		Indian National Congress	8464
Nurpur	None	Sat Mahajan		Indian National Congress	32049	Rakesh Pathania		Bharatiya Janata Party	22450
Gangath	SC	Bodh Raj		Indian National Congress	24499	Des Raj		Bharatiya Janata Party	22220
Jawali	None	Sujan Singh		Indian National Congress	27147	Rajan Sushant		Bharatiya Janata Party	21314
Guler	None	Chander Kumar		Indian National Congress	21936	Harbans Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	16002
Jaswan	None	Bikram Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	17180	Viplove Thakur		Indian National Congress	14994
Pragpur	SC	Naveen Dhiman		Independent	16585	Yog Raj		Independent	12359
Jawalamukhi	None	Ramesh Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party	22459	Sanjay Rattan		Independent	8730
Thural	None	Ravinder Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	19278	Jagdish Chand Sepehia		Indian National Congress	16467
Rajgir	SC	Atma Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	15018	Dr.Milkhi Ram Goma		Indian National Congress	13763
Baijnath	None	Sudhir Sharma		Indian National Congress	22371	Dulo Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	16132
Palampur	None	Brij Behari Lal		Indian National Congress	24333	Parveen Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	17090
Sulah	None	Jagjiwan Paul		Indian National Congress	23851	Bipan Singh Parmar		Bharatiya Janata Party	12921
Nagrota	None	G.s. Bali		Indian National Congress	27925	Ch.Ram Chand Bhatia		Bharatiya Janata Party	17531
Shahpur	None	Major Vijay Singh Mankotia		Indian National Congress	24572	Sarveen Chaudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party	20276
Dharamsala	None	Chandresh Kumari		Indian National Congress	22181	Kishan Kapoor		Bharatiya Janata Party	17063
Kangra	None	Surinder Kumar		Indian National Congress	18836	Rattan Lal Jagtamba		Bharatiya Janata Party	13803
Bhattiyat	None	Kuldip Singh Pathania		Independent	13948	Bhupinder Singh Chauhan		Independent	11722
Banikhet	None	Asha Kumari		Indian National Congress	24348	Renu Chadha		Bharatiya Janata Party	23488
Rajnagar	SC	Surinder Bhardwaj		Indian National Congress	20613	Mohan Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	17301
Chamba	None	Harsh Mahajan		Indian National Congress	21829	B.K.Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party	19642
Bharmour	ST	Thakar Singh		Indian National Congress	21869	Tulsi Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	12177
Lahaul And Spiti	ST	Raghbir Singh		Indian National Congress	9458	Dr.Ram Lal Markanda		Himachal Vikas Congress	4690
Kulu	None	Raj Krishan Gour		Indian National Congress	21547	Govind Singh Thakur		Independent	14277
Banjar	None	Khimi Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	30842	Satya Parkash Thakur		Indian National Congress	26300
Ani	SC	Ishwar Dass		Indian National Congress	22978	Tej Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	15385
Karsog	SC	Mast Ram		Indian National Congress	19124	Joginder Pal		Bharatiya Janata Party	13213
Chachiot	None	Jai Ram Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party	21040	Shiv Lal		Himachal Vikas Congress	13452
Nachan	SC	Tek Chand		Indian National Congress	17479	Dile Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	15869
Sundernagar	None	Sohan Lal Thakur		Indian National Congress	20248	Roop Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	15610
Balh	SC	Damodar Dass		Bharatiya Janata Party	18392	Prakash Chaudhary		Himachal Vikas Congress	18204
Gopalpur	None	Rangila Ram Rao		Indian National Congress	20959	Col.Inder Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	18440
Dharampur	None	Mohinder Singh		Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh	16854	Karamvir		Bharatiya Janata Party	12944
Joginder Nagar	None	Surender Pal		Indian National Congress	24518	Gulab Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	17981
Darang	None	Kaul Singh		Indian National Congress	27508	Ramesh Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party	20668
Mandi	None	Sukh Ram		Himachal Vikas Congress	23816	Durga Dutt		Indian National Congress	11426

See also

• 10th Himachal Pradesh Assembly