Nahan Assembly constituency

Nahan Assembly constituency is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh a northern Indian state. Nahan is also part of Shimla Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Nahan
Constituency No. 56 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Lok Sabha constituency	Shimla
Established	1951
Total electors	85,818[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ajay Solanki
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Picture	Party
1951	Tapinder Singh			Indian National Congress
1967
1972	Sunder Singh Thakar
1977	Shyama Sharma			Janata Party
1982
1985	Ajay Bahadur Singh			Indian National Congress
1990	Shyama Sharma			Janata Dal
1993	Kush Parmar			Indian National Congress
1998
2003	Sadanand Chauhan			Lok Janshakti Party
2007	Kush Parmar			Indian National Congress
2012	Rajeev Bindal[3]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2022	Ajay Solanki			Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Solanki	35,291	50.08%	5.97
	BJP	Dr. Rajeev Bindal	33,652	47.75%	2.73
	NOTA	Nota	470	0.67%	0.28
	AAP	Sunil Sharma	387	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			1,639	2.33%	4.06
Turnout			70,475	82.12%	1.21
Registered electors			85,818		14.39
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.41

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Rajeev Bindal	31,563	50.48%	2.85
	INC	Ajay Solanki	27,573	44.10%	20.46
	CPI(M)	Vishwanath	836	1.34%	New
	BSP	Jai Chand	689	1.10%	0.75
	NOTA	None of the Above	594	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			3,990	6.38%	17.61
Turnout			62,522	83.33%	4.61
Registered electors			75,025		10.51
	BJP hold		Swing	2.85

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Rajeev Bindal	25,459	47.63%	14.90
	INC	Kush Parmar	12,635	23.64%	10.72
	LJP	Sadanand Chauhan	8,273	15.48%	14.57
	HLC	Shyama Sharma	5,240	9.80%	New
	BSP	Kutub Deen	990	1.85%	0.36
	SP	Vijay Kumar	792	1.48%	0.74
Margin of victory			12,824	23.99%	22.36
Turnout			53,447	78.73%	2.28
Registered electors			67,890		13.48
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	13.27

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kush Parmar	15,714	34.36%	2.29
	BJP	Shyama Sharma	14,968	32.73%	8.53
	LJP	Sadanand Chauhan	13,741	30.05%	4.88
	BSP	Sushant Singh	683	1.49%	New
	SP	Vinod Kumar	339	0.74%	New
	Rashtriya Garib Dal	Ram Kumar	278	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			746	1.63%	1.23
Turnout			45,731	76.44%	1.70
Registered electors			59,823		12.23
	INC gain from LJP		Swing	0.57

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP	Sadanand Chauhan	14,551	34.93%	New
	INC	Kush Parmar	13,360	32.07%	10.09
	BJP	Shyama Sharma	10,079	24.20%	9.45
	HVC	Virender Sharma	1,582	3.80%	1.28
	CPI(M)	Jasmat Singh	827	1.99%	New
	Independent	Durga Ram	740	1.78%	New
	Independent	Aman Deep	516	1.24%	New
Margin of victory			1,191	2.86%	5.66
Turnout			41,655	78.21%	8.26
Registered electors			53,303		6.13
	LJP gain from INC		Swing	7.23

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kush Parmar	14,798	42.16%	6.46
	BJP	Shyama Sharma	11,808	33.64%	12.97
	JD	Sadanand Chauhan	7,230	20.60%	7.10
	HVC	Virender Sharma	885	2.52%	New
	Shivsena	Parkash Chand	320	0.91%	New
Margin of victory			2,990	8.52%	12.41
Turnout			35,099	71.32%	4.45
Registered electors			50,223		14.01
	INC hold		Swing	6.46

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kush Parmar	15,922	48.62%	20.66
	JD	Shyama Sharma	9,070	27.70%	24.21
	BJP	Vinay Kumar	6,769	20.67%	New
	Independent	Shiv Raj Singh	584	1.78%	New
	Independent	Raghu Nandan Singh	324	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			6,852	20.93%	3.02
Turnout			32,745	74.94%	0.45
Registered electors			44,050		8.16
	INC gain from JD		Swing	3.29

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Shyama Sharma	15,810	51.91%	New
	INC	Ajay Bahadur Singh	8,516	27.96%	25.80
	Independent	Din Dayal	4,057	13.32%	New
	Independent	Bhagwant Singh	1,301	4.27%	New
	Independent	Ramesh Kumar	396	1.30%	New
	Independent	Liaquat Ali	282	0.93%	New
Margin of victory			7,294	23.95%	16.43
Turnout			30,457	75.53%	0.53
Registered electors			40,725		28.19
	JD gain from INC		Swing	1.85

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Bahadur Singh	12,864	53.76%	25.38
	JP	Shyama Sharma	11,065	46.24%	14.57
Margin of victory			1,799	7.52%	24.92
Turnout			23,929	76.25%	3.90
Registered electors			31,770		6.75
	INC gain from JP		Swing

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Shyama Sharma	12,926	60.81%	11.13
	INC	Sunder Singh	6,032	28.38%	1.23
	BJP	Ved Mittar	1,598	7.52%	New
	Independent	Chandra Mani	291	1.37%	New
	Independent	Mohd. Gulzar	202	0.95%	New
	Independent	Sadanand Chauhan	110	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			6,894	32.43%	12.36
Turnout			21,256	72.44%	7.95
Registered electors			29,762		14.44
	JP hold		Swing	11.13

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Shyama Sharma	11,874	71.94%	New
	INC	Sunder Singh	4,481	27.15%	43.81
	Independent	Gian Chand Chauhan	151	0.91%	New
Margin of victory			7,393	44.79%	7.00
Turnout			16,506	64.38%	10.64
Registered electors			26,006		13.07
	JP gain from INC		Swing	0.98

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sunder Singh Thakar	8,621	70.95%	18.52
	ABJS	Gyan Chand Chauhan	2,328	19.16%	New
	LRP	Ishwar Chandra Gupta	1,201	9.88%	New
Margin of victory			6,293	51.79%	46.93
Turnout			12,150	54.78%	2.99
Registered electors			23,000		7.94
	INC hold		Swing	18.52

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tapinder Singh	7,312	52.43%	14.99
	Independent	J. Singh	6,633	47.57%	New
Margin of victory			679	4.87%	42.19
Turnout			13,945	58.40%	12.91
Registered electors			24,984		61.35
	INC hold		Swing	14.99

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Nahan^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tapinder Singh	4,479	67.42%	New
	Independent	Mohan Lall	1,353	20.37%	New
	Independent	Bishan Singh	811	12.21%	New
Margin of victory			3,126	47.06%
Turnout			6,643	42.90%
Registered electors			15,484
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Nahan
• Sirmaur district