Palampur Assembly constituency

Palampur
Palampur
Constituency No. 19 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Lok Sabha constituency	Kangra
Established	1967
Total electors	78,449
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Ashish Butail
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Palampur Assembly constituency is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. Palampur is also part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]^[3]

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Year	Member
1967	Kunj Behari Lal Butail	Indian National Congress
1972	Kunj Behari Lal Butail	Indian National Congress
1977	Sarvan Kumar	Janata Party
1982	Sarvan Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Brij Behari Lal Butail	Indian National Congress
1990	Shanta Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Brij Behari Lal Butail	Indian National Congress
1998
2003
2007	Parveen Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2012	Brij Behari Lal Butail	Indian National Congress
2017	Ashish Butail^[4]^[5]
2022	Ashish Butail^[4]^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashish Butail	30,874	53.72%	6.54
	BJP	Trilok Kapoor	25,546	44.45%	5.68
	AAP	Sanjay Bhardwaj	430	0.75%	New
	NOTA	Nota	382	0.66%	0.18
	BSP	Suresh Kumar	244	0.42%	New
Margin of victory			5,328	9.27%	0.86
Turnout			57,476	73.27%	0.37
Registered electors			78,449		12.38
	INC hold		Swing	6.54

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashish Butail	24,252	47.18%	2.81
	BJP	Indu Goswami	19,928	38.77%	8.12
	Independent	Parveen Kumar	3,198	6.22%	New
	Independent	Baini Parshad	1,760	3.42%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	435	0.85%	New
	CPI(M)	Lekh Raj	390	0.76%	New
	Independent	Suresh Kumar	263	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			4,324	8.41%	10.92
Turnout			51,404	73.64%	0.90
Registered electors			69,809		8.74
	INC hold		Swing	2.81

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Brij Behari Lal Butail	23,341	49.99%	5.11
	BJP	Parveen Kumar	14,312	30.65%	19.38
	HLC	Dulo Ram	6,115	13.10%	New
	AITC	Rajeev Jamwal	981	2.10%	New
	Independent	Narinder Jamwal	491	1.05%	New
	BSP	Ashok Kumar	446	0.96%	2.38
	Independent	Dhani Ram	339	0.73%	New
	Himachal Swabhiman Party	Rama Mahendra	338	0.72%	New
	LJP	Sunil Kumar	234	0.50%	New
Margin of victory			9,029	19.34%	14.18
Turnout			46,696	72.74%	1.47
Registered electors			64,197		8.89
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.04

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Parveen Kumar	25,121	50.03%	12.24
	INC	Brij Behari Lal Butail	22,533	44.87%	8.93
	BSP	Vinod Kumar	1,676	3.34%	1.87
	Independent	Dhani Ram	441	0.88%	New
Margin of victory			2,588	5.15%	10.86
Turnout			50,214	71.27%	3.64
Registered electors			70,460		16.70
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	3.78

Members of Legislative Assembly

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palampur^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Brij Behari Lal Butail	24,333	53.80%	5.52
	BJP	Parveen Kumar	17,090	37.79%	8.42
	Independent	Ramesh Bhau	734	1.62%	New
	HVC	Gopal Chand	731	1.62%	0.27
	BSP	Kamlesh Kumari	666	1.47%	0.85
	LJP	Ajit Kumar	631	1.40%	New
	NCP	Jagdish Ram	385	0.85%	New
	SP	Sunita	296	0.65%	0.13
	Independent	Kapoor Chand	264	0.58%	New
Margin of victory			7,243	16.02%	13.94
Turnout			45,225	74.92%	6.73
Registered electors			60,378		7.73
	INC hold		Swing	5.52

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palampur^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Brij Behari Lal Butail	18,450	48.28%	8.85
	BJP	Shiv Kumar	17,658	46.21%	6.61
	BSP	Mukesh Kumar	889	2.33%	1.80
	HVC	Narinder Jamwal (Nini)	722	1.89%	New
	JD	Sunder Lal	203	0.53%	New
	SP	Chaudhary Man Singh	199	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			792	2.07%	15.46
Turnout			38,211	68.98%	7.97
Registered electors			56,048		14.96
	INC hold		Swing	8.85

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palampur^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Brij Behari Lal Butail	11,722	50.91%	11.96
	BJP	Sarwan Kumar	9,137	39.68%	7.02
	Independent	Gulbir Singh	1,027	4.46%	New
	CPI	Karam Chand	770	3.34%	0.48
	Independent	Jagir Chand Katoch	267	1.16%	New
Margin of victory			2,585	11.23%	3.47
Turnout			23,027	68.27%	5.00
Registered electors			34,495		10.00
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	4.20

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Palampur^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sarwan Kumar	10,508	46.70%	*New*
	INC	Kunj Behari Lal Butail	8,762	38.94%	4.52
	Independent	Mehar Chand	1,171	5.20%	New
	LKD	Iqbal Singh Guleria	682	3.03%	New
	CPI	Pritam Paharia	644	2.86%	New
	Independent	Harbinder Singh	427	1.90%	New
	Independent	Des Raj Chaudhari	233	1.04%	New
Margin of victory			1,746	7.76%	5.32
Turnout			22,500	72.80%	9.28
Registered electors			31,358		11.53
	BJP gain from JP		Swing	9.84