Banikhet Assembly constituency

Banikhet was one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh a northern Indian state. Banikhet was also part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Banikhet
Former constituency for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Lok Sabha constituency	Kangra
Established	1967
Abolished	2012
Reservation	None

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1967	Des Raj		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Gian Chand		Janata Party
1982	Des Raj		Indian National Congress
1985	Asha Kumari
1990	Gandharv Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Asha Kumari		Indian National Congress
1998
2003
2007	Renu Chadha		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Banikhet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Renu Chadha	28,310	48.87%	3.31
	INC	Asha Kumari	26,245	45.31%	1.93
	BSP	Loki Nand Sharma	3,339	5.76%	New
Margin of victory			2,065	3.56%	1.90
Turnout			57,925	74.13%	0.62
Registered electors			78,136		11.43
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Banikhet^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Asha Kumari	24,348	47.24%	1.86
	BJP	Renu Chadha	23,488	45.57%	2.61
	CPI	Rajender Kumar	1,266	2.46%	0.36
	Independent	Bias Dev	1,021	1.98%	New
	HVC	Shaukat Ali	644	1.25%	0.61
	SP	Hem Raj	475	0.92%	New
	Independent	Bodh Raj Rana	304	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			860	1.67%	0.75
Turnout			51,546	73.59%	3.41
Registered electors			70,122		7.20
	INC hold		Swing	1.86

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Banikhet^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Asha Kumari	22,509	49.09%	0.59
	BJP	Renu Chadha	22,088	48.17%	13.41
	CPI	Daulat Ram Nirdoshi	963	2.10%	14.64
	HVC	Hem Raj	291	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			421	0.92%	12.82
Turnout			45,851	70.85%	1.95
Registered electors			65,412		13.33
	INC hold		Swing	0.59

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Banikhet^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Asha Kumari	19,079	48.50%	14.82
	BJP	Gandharv Singh	13,673	34.76%	3.75
	CPI	Daulat Ram Nirdoshi	6,584	16.74%	9.53
Margin of victory			5,406	13.74%	8.92
Turnout			39,336	68.66%	12.09
Registered electors			57,720		4.17
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Banikhet^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gandharv Singh	11,962	38.51%	24.18
	INC	Asha Kumari	10,464	33.69%	16.66
	CPI	Daulat Ram Nirdoshi	8,158	26.26%	5.81
	Independent	Janki Nath	165	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			1,498	4.82%	25.07
Turnout			31,062	56.34%	4.10
Registered electors			55,412		30.19
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	11.84

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Banikhet^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Asha Kumari	12,891	50.35%	0.44
	CPI	Daulat Ram Nirdoshi	5,236	20.45%	3.80
	Independent	Bimla Mahajan	3,808	14.87%	New
	BJP	Gandharv Singh	3,670	14.33%	6.09
Margin of victory			7,655	29.90%	4.25
Turnout			25,605	60.56%	2.17
Registered electors			42,561		4.54
	INC hold		Swing	0.44

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Banikhet^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Des Raj	12,663	49.90%	21.23
	CPI	Daulat Ram Nirdoshi	6,154	24.25%	New
	BJP	Gian Chand	5,183	20.42%	New
	JP	Gandharv Singh	683	2.69%	64.11
	Independent	Bhagat Ram	387	1.53%	New
	LKD	Pritam Singh	240	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			6,509	25.65%	12.48
Turnout			25,376	63.02%	7.37
Registered electors			40,711		12.94
	INC gain from JP		Swing	16.90

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Banikhet^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Gian Chand	13,235	66.80%	New
	INC	Des Raj	5,681	28.67%	46.72
	Independent	Prithvi Raj	532	2.69%	New
	Independent	Mohan Singh	365	1.84%	New
Margin of victory			7,554	38.13%	19.89
Turnout			19,813	55.58%	9.43
Registered electors			36,048		27.81
	JP gain from INC		Swing	8.59

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Banikhet^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Des Raj	9,682	75.39%	22.05
	Independent	Jagdish Mitter	2,231	17.37%	New
	ABJS	Daulat Ram Nirdoshi	929	7.23%	34.67
Margin of victory			7,451	58.02%	46.58
Turnout			12,842	46.59%	2.82
Registered electors			28,205		15.50
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Banikhet^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Des Raj	5,564	53.34%	New
	ABJS	Gian Chand	4,371	41.90%	New
	CPI(M)	M. Singh	496	4.76%	New
Margin of victory			1,193	11.44%
Turnout			10,431	44.19%
Registered electors			24,420
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Banikhet
• Chamba district
• Kangra (Lok Sabha constituency)