Rainka Assembly constituency

Rainka was an assembly constituency in the India state of Himachal Pradesh.

Rainka
Former constituency for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
Established	1952
Abolished	2007
Total electors	52,812

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1952	Dharam Singh		Independent politician
	Partap Singh		Indian National Congress
1967	Yashwant Singh Parmar		Indian National Congress
1972	Yeshwant Singh Parmar
1977	Roop Singh		Janata Party
1982	Prem Singh		Indian National Congress
1985
1990	Roop Singh		Janata Dal
1993	Prem Singh		Indian National Congress
1998
2003	Dr. Prem Singh
2007

Election results

Assembly By-election 2011

2011 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Rainka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hirdaya Ram	20,804	53.13%	9.29
	INC	Vinay Kumar	17,278	44.12%	7.94
	Independent	Sunder Singh	1,075	2.75%	New
Margin of victory			3,526	9.00%	0.78
Turnout			39,157	74.62%	0.86
Registered electors			52,473		0.64
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	1.06

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rainka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Prem Singh	20,756	52.07%	2.88
	BJP	Balbir Singh	17,477	43.84%	6.34
	BSP	Prithvi Singh	1,609	4.04%	New
Margin of victory			3,279	8.23%	9.22
Turnout			39,863	75.48%	1.90
Registered electors			52,812		12.57
	INC hold		Swing	2.88

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rainka^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Prem Singh	19,948	54.95%	11.36
	BJP	Balbir Singh	13,614	37.50%	7.38
	HVC	Madhu Ram	1,079	2.97%	0.94
	Independent	Gorkh Ram	969	2.67%	New
	LJP	Mohan Lal Azad	692	1.91%	New
Margin of victory			6,334	17.45%	18.75
Turnout			36,302	77.41%	5.64
Registered electors			46,915		8.40
	INC hold		Swing	11.36

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rainka^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prem Singh	20,590	66.31%	10.79
	BJP	Roop Singh	9,352	30.12%	12.10
	HVC	Chander Sain	632	2.04%	New
	JD	Gorkhu Ram	475	1.53%	New
Margin of victory			11,238	36.19%	22.89
Turnout			31,049	73.93%	1.46
Registered electors			43,280		8.95
	INC hold		Swing	10.79

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rainka^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prem Singh	15,500	55.52%	11.74
	BJP	Mohan Lal Azad	11,786	42.22%	New
	Independent	Rati Ram	371	1.33%	New
	Independent	Chet Ram	182	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			3,714	13.30%	2.74
Turnout			27,917	70.94%	3.72
Registered electors			39,724		3.85
	INC gain from JD		Swing	1.18

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rainka^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Roop Singh	13,836	54.34%	New
	INC	Prem Singh	11,147	43.78%	25.68
	Independent	Rati Ram Sirmauri	477	1.87%	New
Margin of victory			2,689	10.56%	31.23
Turnout			25,460	67.25%	5.11
Registered electors			38,253		16.89
	JD gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rainka^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prem Singh	13,968	69.46%	10.99
	BJP	Mohan Lal	5,564	27.67%	15.55
	JP	Atma Ram	577	2.87%	24.56
Margin of victory			8,404	41.79%	10.75
Turnout			20,109	62.27%	5.36
Registered electors			32,726		2.54
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rainka^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prem Singh	10,466	58.47%	26.85
	JP	Mohan Lal	4,910	27.43%	33.93
	BJP	Gorakh Ram	2,170	12.12%	New
	Independent	Ratti Ram	237	1.32%	New
	Independent	Kehar Singh	117	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			5,556	31.04%	1.31
Turnout			17,900	56.89%	8.47
Registered electors			31,916		8.82
	INC gain from JP		Swing	2.89

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rainka^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Roop Singh	8,568	61.36%	New
	INC	Nain Singh Tomar	4,416	31.62%	61.76
	Independent	Pratap Singh	980	7.02%	New
Margin of victory			4,152	29.73%	57.04
Turnout			13,964	48.32%	1.78
Registered electors			29,328		11.44
	JP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rainka^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yeshwant Singh Parmar	12,140	93.38%	12.67
	ABJS	Narain Singh	860	6.62%	12.67
Margin of victory			11,280	86.77%	25.34
Turnout			13,000	50.72%	6.59
Registered electors			26,317		9.17
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rainka^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yashwant Singh Parmar	10,010	80.71%	34.54
	ABJS	N. Singh	2,392	19.29%	New
Margin of victory			7,618	61.43%	53.76
Turnout			12,402	44.62%	22.46
Registered electors			28,973		2.87
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	26.88

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rainka^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dharam Singh	3,267	53.83%	New
	INC	Yashwant Singh Parmar	2,802	46.17%	New
	INC	Partap Singh	0	0.00%	New
Margin of victory			465	7.66%
Turnout			6,069	20.35%
Registered electors			29,828
	Independent win (new seat)