Dharampur, Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency

For other places with the same name, see Dharmpur.

Dharampur is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh, a state in northern India. It is also part of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3][4]

Dharampur
Constituency No. 32 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Lok Sabha constituency	Hamirpur
Total electors	82,732[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chander Shekhar
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Members of Legislative Assembly & Member of Territorial Council

• Sant Ram Thakur from Indian National Congress was The Member of Territorial Council 1957 & 1962. MLA from 1962 to 1967

Year	Member	Party
1967	K. Singh		Indian National Congress
1972	Bhikham Ram		Independent politician
1977	Om Chand		Janata Party
1982	Bhikham Ram		Indian National Congress
1984 By-election	Natha Singh
1985
1990	Mahender Singh		Independent politician
1993			Indian National Congress
1998			Himachal Vikas Congress
2003	Mohinder Singh		Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh
2007	Mahender Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2012
2017
2022	Chander Shekhar		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharampur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chander Shekhar Thakur	31,063	51.90%	19.80
	BJP	Rajat Thakur	28,037	46.84%	9.31
	AAP	Rakesh Mandhotra	230	0.38%	New
	NOTA	Nota	216	0.36%	0.31
	BSP	Prakash Chand Bhardwaj	170	0.28%	New
	Independent	Chander Shekhar	141	0.24%	New
Margin of victory			3,026	5.06%	18.99
Turnout			59,857	72.35%	5.17
Registered electors			82,732		11.72
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	4.25

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharampur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahender Singh	27,931	56.15%	6.61
	INC	Chander Shekhar Thakur	15,967	32.10%	15.29
	CPI(M)	Bhupender Singh	3,284	6.60%	New
	Rashtriya Azad Manch	Ramesh Kumar Guleria	428	0.86%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	333	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			11,964	24.05%	21.90
Turnout			49,746	67.18%	3.51
Registered electors			74,052		7.91
	BJP hold		Swing	6.61

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharampur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahender Singh	24,029	49.54%	0.95
	INC	Chander Shekhar Thakur	22,988	47.39%	18.42
	HLC	Abhimanyu	565	1.16%	New
	Independent	Suresh Kumar Barwal	318	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			1,041	2.15%	19.36
Turnout			48,508	70.68%	4.75
Registered electors			68,626		1.08
	BJP hold		Swing	0.95

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharampur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahender Singh	23,090	50.48%	21.88
	INC	Chander Shekhar Thakur	13,252	28.97%	7.53
	Independent	Natha Singh	5,544	12.12%	New
	BSP	Nanak Chand	2,613	5.71%	4.08
	Independent	Harnam Singh	412	0.90%	New
	LJP	Saju Ram	396	0.87%	1.34
	Independent	Des Raj	270	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			9,838	21.51%	12.87
Turnout			45,739	65.93%	7.10
Registered electors			69,375		11.96
	BJP gain from LHMP		Swing	13.24

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharampur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LHMP	Mohinder Singh	16,854	37.25%	New
	BJP	Karamvir	12,944	28.61%	8.08
	INC	Thakur Natha Singh	9,702	21.44%	15.53
	HVC	Nanak Chand Bhardwaj	3,703	8.18%	31.41
	LJP	Saju Ram	996	2.20%	New
	BSP	Damodar Singh	740	1.64%	New
	NCP	Suresh Kumar	311	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			3,910	8.64%	6.01
Turnout			45,250	73.10%	4.33
Registered electors			61,963		15.75
	LHMP gain from HVC		Swing	2.35

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharampur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HVC	Mahender Singh	14,562	39.60%	New
	INC	Natha Singh	13,596	36.97%	23.79
	BJP	Karmvir Verma	7,548	20.52%	15.01
	CPI(M)	Suresh Kumar Sharma	726	1.97%	New
	AIRJP	Ramesh Chand	344	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			966	2.63%	22.59
Turnout			36,776	69.34%	1.86
Registered electors			53,532		14.37
	HVC gain from INC		Swing	21.16

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharampur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahender Singh	20,065	60.76%	33.19
	BJP	Preay Brat	11,737	35.54%	7.70
	Independent	Roshan Lal	545	1.65%	New
	BSP	Ram Nath	427	1.29%	1.14
Margin of victory			8,328	25.22%	12.65
Turnout			33,026	71.18%	4.70
Registered electors			46,808		4.04
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	20.36

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharampur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mahender Singh	11,970	40.40%	New
	BJP	Priya Brat	8,248	27.84%	1.94
	INC	Natha Singh	8,168	27.57%	31.40
	BSP	Kehar Singh	722	2.44%	New
	CPI	Shiv Kumar	521	1.76%	New
Margin of victory			3,722	12.56%	20.50
Turnout			29,629	66.48%	0.18
Registered electors			44,992		27.05
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	18.56

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharampur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Natha Singh	13,713	58.96%	New
	BJP	Om Chand	6,023	25.90%	New
	Independent	Sangara Singh	3,142	13.51%	New
	JP	Karam Chand Verma	291	1.25%	New
Margin of victory			7,690	33.07%
Turnout			23,257	66.49%
Registered electors			35,413
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly By-election 1984

1984 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Dharampur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Natha Singh	17,366
	BJP	B.Dev	4,755
	LKD	H.Singh	189
Margin of victory			12,611
Turnout			0
Registered electors			0		100.00
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharampur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhikham Ram	10,310	49.26%	15.39
	BJP	Om Chand	8,782	41.96%	New
	Independent	Jai Singh	504	2.41%	New
	Independent	Mohan Lal	286	1.37%	New
	Independent	Khazan Singh	248	1.18%	New
	Independent	Saju Ram	218	1.04%	New
	LKD	Amar Singh	195	0.93%	New
	JP	Gian Chand	168	0.80%	51.60
	Independent	Sohan Lal	112	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			1,528	7.30%	11.22
Turnout			20,929	65.74%	1.76
Registered electors			32,353		16.74
	INC gain from JP		Swing	3.14

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharampur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Om Chand	9,139	52.40%	New
	INC	Bhikham Ram	5,908	33.87%	7.18
	Independent	Mehar Chand	1,822	10.45%	New
	Independent	Mohan Lal	382	2.19%	New
	Independent	Mehar Chand Hawan	190	1.09%	New
Margin of victory			3,231	18.53%	10.45
Turnout			17,441	63.79%	14.19
Registered electors			27,714		3.20
	JP gain from Independent		Swing	3.27

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharampur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bhikham Ram	6,431	49.13%	New
	INC	Kashmir Singh	5,374	41.06%	5.6
	LRP	Om Chand	730	5.58%	New
	Independent	Sant Ram	281	2.15%	New
	Independent	Khazan Singh	273	2.09%	New
Margin of victory			1,057	8.08%	10.21
Turnout			13,089	50.63%	8.68
Registered electors			26,854		16.06
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	2.47

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dharampur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Singh	5,980	46.66%	New
	Independent	K. Singh	3,636	28.37%	New
	Independent	N. Singh	1,399	10.92%	New
	ABJS	D. Singh	744	5.81%	New
	Independent	J. Chand	737	5.75%	New
	Independent	S. Singh	320	2.50%	New
Margin of victory			2,344	18.29%
Turnout			12,816	43.36%
Registered electors			31,990
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly