2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in December 2007, to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Bharatiya Janata Party won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote, and Prem Kumar Dhumal was reappointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.^[1][2]

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

← 2003 14 November and 19 December 2007 2012 →
68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 35 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Prem Kumar Dhumal Virbhadra Singh Mayawati Party BJP INC BSP Leader's seat Bamsan Rohru Did not contest Seats before 16 43 Seats won 41 23 1 Seat change 25 20 1 Popular vote 1,441,142 1,280,480 238,959 Percentage 43.78% 38.90% 7.26% Swing 8.44% 2.1% 6.7%
CM before election Virbhadra Singh INC Elected CM Prem Kumar Dhumal BJP

The number of constituencies were set as 68, as per the recommendations of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976.^[3]

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

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

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Virbhadra Singh	67

Others

Party		flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bahujan Samaj Party			Mayawati	67

Results

Source:^[4]

Rank	Party		Seats contested	Seats won	% votes
1		Bharatiya Janata Party	68	41	43.78
2		Indian National Congress	67	23	38.9
3		Independent	60	3	7.97
4		Bahujan Samaj Party	67	1	7.26
Total				68

Elected members

Source:^[4]

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party		Vote	Runner-up Candidates Name	Party		vote
Kinnaur	ST	Tejwant Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	17873	Jagat Singh Negi		Indian National Congress	15384
Rampur	SC	Nand Lal		Indian National Congress	26430	Brij Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	19960
Rohru	None	Virbhadra Singh		Indian National Congress	30079	Khushi Ram Balnatah		Bharatiya Janata Party	15942
Jubbal-kotkhai	None	Narinder Bragta		Bharatiya Janata Party	23714	Rohit		Indian National Congress	20890
Chopal	None	Subhash Chand Manglate		Indian National Congress	20785	Radha Raman Shastri		Bharatiya Janata Party	16453
Kumarsain	None	Vidya Stokes		Indian National Congress	17375	Pramod Kumar Sharma		Independent	16125
Theog	None	Rakesh Verma		Independent	21907	Rajinder Singh		Indian National Congress	16623
Simla	None	Suresh Bhardwaj		Bharatiya Janata Party	12443	Sanjay Chauhan		Communist Party of India	9855
Kasumpti	SC	Sohan Lal		Indian National Congress	22931	Tarsem Bharti		Bharatiya Janata Party	15632
Arki	None	Gobind Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	21168	Dharam Pal Thakur		Independent	14481
Doon	None	Vinod Kumari		Bharatiya Janata Party	22470	Ch. Lajja Ram		Indian National Congress	18974
Nalagarh	None	Hari Narayan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	28929	Lakhwinder Singh Rana(Papu)		Indian National Congress	25108
Kasauli	SC	Rajiv Saizal		Bharatiya Janata Party	21396	Raghu Raj		Indian National Congress	15022
Solan	None	Rajeev Bindal		Bharatiya Janata Party	23597	Kailash Prashar		Indian National Congress	19881
Pachhad	SC	Gangu Ram Musafir		Indian National Congress	25383	Suresh Kumar Kashyap		Bharatiya Janata Party	22674
Rainka	SC	Prem Singh		Indian National Congress	20756	Balbir Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	17477
Shillai	None	Harshwardhan Chauhan		Indian National Congress	20247	Amar Singh Chauhan		Independent	16783
Paonta Doon	None	Sukh Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	29322	Kirnesh Jung		Indian National Congress	24460
Nahan	None	Kush Parmar		Indian National Congress	15714	Shyama Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	14968
Kot-kehloor	None	Randhir Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	26828	Thakur Ram Lal		Indian National Congress	21874
Bilaspur	None	Jagat Prakash Nadda		Bharatiya Janata Party	24634	Bamber Thakur		Independent	13453
Ghumarwin	None	Rajesh Dharmani		Indian National Congress	24194	Karam Dev Dharmani		Bharatiya Janata Party	22263
Geharwin	SC	Rikhi Ram Kaundal		Bharatiya Janata Party	24411	Beeru Ram Kishore		Indian National Congress	19777
Nadaun	None	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu		Indian National Congress	17727	Vijay Agnihotri		Bharatiya Janata Party	17141
Hamirpur	None	Urmil Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party	26378	Anita K Verma		Indian National Congress	19417
Bamsan	None	Prem Kumar Dhumal		Bharatiya Janata Party	35054	Col. Bidhi Chand		Indian National Congress	9047
Mewa	SC	Ishwar Dass Dhiman		Bharatiya Janata Party	24421	Suresh Kumar		Indian National Congress	14046
Nadaunta	None	Baldev Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	25634	Vidya Kumari Jar		Indian National Congress	10070
Gagret	SC	Balbir Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	23914	Kuldeep Kumar		Indian National Congress	20843
Chintpurni	None	Rakesh Kalia		Indian National Congress	26737	Narender Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	10602
Santokgarh	None	Mukesh Agnihotri		Indian National Congress	31267	Jagroop Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	24643
Una	None	Satpal Singh 'satti'		Bharatiya Janata Party	33050	Virender Gautam		Indian National Congress	21198
Kutlehar	None	Virender Kanwar		Bharatiya Janata Party	24677	Ram Nath Sharma		Indian National Congress	17734
Nurpur	None	Rakesh Pathania		Independent	29128	Ajay Mahajan		Indian National Congress	24963
Gangath	SC	Des Raj		Bharatiya Janata Party	24520	Anita Kumari		Independent	23830
Jawali	None	Rajan Sushant		Bharatiya Janata Party	26729	Sujan Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress	21548
Guler	None	Neeraj Bharti		Indian National Congress	21500	Harbans Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	17499
Jaswan	None	Nikhil Rajour (manu Sharma)		Indian National Congress	17692	Bikram Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	17574
Pragpur	SC	Yog Raj		Indian National Congress	21253	Naveen Dhiman		Bharatiya Janata Party	20911
Jawalamukhi	None	Ramesh Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party	22562	Sanjay Rattan		Independent	17798
Thural	None	Ravinder Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	18512	Jagdish Chand Sapehia		Independent	11833
Rajgir	SC	Atma Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	18829	Dr. Milkhi Ram Goma		Indian National Congress	17611
Baijnath	None	Sudhir Sharma		Indian National Congress	19921	Dulo Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	16666
Palampur	None	Parveen Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	25121	Brij Behari Lal Butail		Indian National Congress	22533
Sulah	None	Vipin Singh Parmar		Bharatiya Janata Party	19375	Jagjiwan Paul		Indian National Congress	18376
Nagrota	None	G. S. Bali		Indian National Congress	28381	Mangal Singh Chaudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party	22630
Shahpur	None	Sarveen Choudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party	25174	Onkar Singh		Bahujan Samaj Party	16143
Dharamsala	None	Kishan Kapoor		Bharatiya Janata Party	20362	Chandresh Kumari		Indian National Congress	12746
Kangra	None	Sanjay Chaudhary		Bahujan Samaj Party	19017	Chaudhary Surender Kaku		Indian National Congress	17708
Bhattiyat	None	Kuldeep Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress	16746	Bhupinder Singh Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party	16421
Banikhet	None	Renu Chadha		Bharatiya Janata Party	28310	Asha Kumari		Indian National Congress	26245
Rajnagar	SC	Surinder Bhardwaj		Indian National Congress	23596	Mohan Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	21774
Chamba	None	Bal Krishan Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party	26705	Pawan Nayyar		Indian National Congress	18048
Bharmour	ST	Tulsi Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	18420	Thakar Singh		Indian National Congress	18404
Lahaul And Spiti	ST	Dr. Ram Lal Markanda		Bharatiya Janata Party	9117	Phunchog Rai		Indian National Congress	6951
Kulu	None	Govind Singh Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party	28925	Dharamvir Dhami		Bahujan Samaj Party	23892
Banjar	None	Khimi Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	25037	Satya Parkash Thakur		Indian National Congress	24805
Ani	SC	Kishori Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	27341	Ishwar Dass		Indian National Congress	25892
Karsog	SC	Hira Lal		Independent	19609	Mansa Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	14082
Chachiot	None	Jai Ram Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party	27102	Shiv Lal		Indian National Congress	23917
Nachan	SC	Dile Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	29228	Tek Chand Dogra		Indian National Congress	21640
Sundernagar	None	Roop Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	19056	Sohan Lal Thakur		Indian National Congress	16698
Balh	SC	Prakash Chaudhary		Indian National Congress	24941	Damodar Dass		Bharatiya Janata Party	22653
Gopalpur	None	Inder Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	28898	Rangila Ram Rao		Indian National Congress	21350
Dharampur	None	Mahender Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	23090	Chander Shekhar		Indian National Congress	13252
Joginder Nagar	None	Gulab Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	26926	Thakur Surender Paul		Indian National Congress	19923
Darang	None	Kaul Singh		Indian National Congress	29898	Jawahar Lal Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party	28089
Mandi	None	Anil Kumar		Indian National Congress	22808	Durga Datt		Bharatiya Janata Party	20064