Ram Lal Markanda

Dr. Ram Lal Markanda is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Markanda is a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Lahaul and Spiti constituency in Lahaul and Spiti district.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] On 26 March 2024, he resigned from BJP.^[5]^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravi Thakur	9,948	52.91	16.24
	BJP	Dr. Ram Lal Markanda	8,332	44.32	0.98
	AAP	Sudarshan Jaspa	454	2.41	New
	NOTA	Nota	67	0.36	New
Margin of victory			1,616	8.60	0.04
Turnout			18,801	73.74	0.04
Registered electors			25,496		9.75
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	7.61

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Ram Lal Markanda	7,756	45.30%	6.92
	INC	Ravi Thakur	6,278	36.67%	23.57
	Independent	Rajinder Karpa	2,240	13.08%	New
	Independent	Sudarshan Jaspa	655	3.83%	New
Margin of victory			1,478	8.63%	13.22
Turnout			17,121	73.70%	1.99
Registered electors			23,231		3.97
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	14.94

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravi Thakur	10,187	60.24%	18.94
	BJP	Dr. Ram Lal Markanda	6,491	38.38%	15.78
Margin of victory			3,696	21.86%	8.99
Turnout			16,911	75.68%	1.89
Registered electors			22,344		2.04
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Ram Lal Markanda	9,117	54.16%	42.41
	INC	Phunchog Rai	6,951	41.30%	15.40
	BSP	Bir Singh	726	4.31%	New
Margin of victory			2,166	12.87%	15.71
Turnout			16,832	73.80%	3.90
Registered electors			22,809		6.23
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raghbir Singh	9,458	56.70%	26.16
	HVC	Dr. Ram Lal Markanda	4,690	28.11%	6.84
	BJP	Yuv Raj Bodh	1,961	11.76%	7.42
	Independent	Hira Lal	328	1.97%	New
	LHMP	Amarjeet Singh	122	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			4,768	28.58%	24.17
Turnout			16,682	77.77%	6.84
Registered electors			21,471		4.00
	INC gain from HVC		Swing	21.74

Electoral performance