Shimla Assembly constituency

Shimla Assembly constituency, also spelt Simla in olden days, is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh, a northern Indian state. It is a segment of the Shimla Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Shimla
Constituency No. 63 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Lok Sabha constituency	Shimla
Established	1967
Total electors	48,608[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Harish Janartha
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1962 (Punjab Assembly): Gyan Chand (Congress), as part of Punjab State.^[3]
  • Shimla was merged with Himachal Pradesh in 1966.

Year	Member	Picture	Party
1967	Daulat Ram Chauhan			Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972
1977				Janata Party
1982				Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji			Indian National Congress
1990	Suresh Bhardwaj			Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Rakesh Singha			Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996[a]	Adarsh Kumar			Indian National Congress
1998	Narinder Bragta			Bharatiya Janata Party
2003	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji			Indian National Congress
2007	Suresh Bhardwaj[4]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2012
2017
2022	Harish Janartha			Indian National Congress

1. by-election

Election candidates

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shimla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harish Janartha	15,803	51.35%	43.12
	BJP	Sanjay Sood	12,766	41.48%	1.54
	CPI(M)	Tikender Singh Panwar	1,400	4.55%	4.81
	AAP	Chaman Rakesh Azta	328	1.07%	New
	NOTA	Nota	237	0.77%	0.22
	Independent	Abhishek Barowalia	120	0.39%	New
	Rashtriya Devbhumi Party	Kalyan Singh	78	0.25%	New
	BSP	Rajesh Kumar Gill	46	0.15%	New
Margin of victory			3,037	9.87%	4.02
Turnout			30,778	63.32%	1.27
Registered electors			48,608		3.60
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	8.32

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shimla^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Bhardwaj	14,012	43.02%	7.46
	Independent	Harish Janartha	12,109	37.18%	New
	CPI(M)	Sanjay Chauhan	3,047	9.36%	15.33
	INC	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji	2,680	8.23%	25.41
	NOTA	None of the Above	322	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			1,903	5.84%	3.91
Turnout			32,569	64.59%	5.38
Registered electors			50,424		8.16
	BJP hold		Swing	7.46

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shimla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Bhardwaj	11,563	35.57%	2.80
	INC	Harish Janartha	10,935	33.63%	7.95
	CPI(M)	Tikender Singh Panwar	8,025	24.68%	5.70
	Independent	Tarsem Bharti	1,499	4.61%	New
	NCP	Dr. Radha Raman Shastri	243	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			628	1.93%	6.05
Turnout			32,512	59.22%	12.01
Registered electors			54,905		20.11
	BJP hold		Swing	2.80

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shimla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Bhardwaj	12,443	38.36%	9.00
	CPI(M)	Sanjay Chauhan	9,855	30.38%	1.09
	INC	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji	8,330	25.68%	12.47
	BSP	Ved Prakash	1,337	4.12%	New
Margin of victory			2,588	7.98%	1.30
Turnout			32,437	47.20%	1.09
Registered electors			68,722		0.23
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	0.21

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shimla^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji	12,060	38.15%	0.77
	CPI(M)	Sanjay Chauhan	9,949	31.47%	17.63
	BJP	Ganesh Dutt	9,283	29.36%	17.88
	Independent	Des Raj Sharma	323	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			2,111	6.68%	1.66
Turnout			31,615	46.14%	3.41
Registered electors			68,562		6.27
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	9.10

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shimla^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narinder Bragta	14,758	47.25%	14.53
	INC	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji	12,155	38.91%	1.76
	CPI(M)	Om Prakash	4,323	13.84%	10.73
Margin of victory			2,603	8.33%	0.38
Turnout			31,236	43.12%	6.62
Registered electors			73,148		3.26
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly By-election 1996

1996 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Shimla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adarsh Kumar	14,211	40.67%	7.35
	BJP	Suresh Bhardwaj	11,433	32.72%	0.35
	CPI(M)	Om Prakash	8,584	24.57%	9.20
		Des Raj Sharma	319	0.91%	New
	BSP	Kishori Lal	276	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			2,778	7.95%	7.50
Turnout			34,943	49.62%	10.57
Registered electors			70,841		20.86
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	6.90

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shimla^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Rakesh Singha	11,854	33.77%	7.86
	INC	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji	11,695	33.31%	7.86
	BJP	Suresh Bhardwaj	11,363	32.37%	15.61
Margin of victory			159	0.45%	21.62
Turnout			35,105	60.25%	17.41
Registered electors			58,614		5.92
	CPI(M) gain from BJP		Swing

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shimla^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Bhardwaj	12,701	47.98%	11.64
	CPI(M)	Rakesh Singha	6,857	25.90%	2.10
	INC	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji	6,738	25.46%	13.68
Margin of victory			5,844	22.08%	19.28
Turnout			26,470	42.69%	8.71
Registered electors			62,302		41.44
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shimla^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji	8,825	39.13%	1.52
	BJP	Radha Raman Shastri	8,195	36.34%	13.09
	CPI(M)	Rakesh Singha	5,368	23.80%	New
Margin of victory			630	2.79%	9.03
Turnout			22,552	51.48%	14.26
Registered electors			44,049		15.74
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	10.30

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shimla^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Daulat Ram Chauhan	12,314	49.43%	New
	INC	Anand Sharma	9,369	37.61%	19.28
	Independent	Jagdish Chander Joshi	988	3.97%	New
	Independent	D. R. Tanwar	655	2.63%	New
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Goel	360	1.45%	New
	CPI	H. L. Sethi	355	1.42%	New
	Independent	Janki Dass	165	0.66%	New
	JP	Lajiya Raghubir Singh	149	0.60%	70.06
Margin of victory			2,945	11.82%	40.52
Turnout			24,913	66.01%	13.78
Registered electors			38,057		1.47
	BJP gain from JP		Swing	21.23

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shimla^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Daulat Ram Chauhan	14,105	70.66%	New
	INC	Usha Malhotra	3,658	18.33%	20.09
	Independent	Sunder Lal	2,026	10.15%	New
	Independent	Tilak Raj	113	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			10,447	52.34%	48.41
Turnout			19,961	52.07%	6.50
Registered electors			38,625		23.35
	JP gain from ABJS		Swing	28.32

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shimla^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ABJS	Daulat Ram Chauhan	5,990	42.34%	18.81
	INC	Shiv Dutt Bhardwaj	5,435	38.42%	11.74
	Independent	Prithi Chand	1,880	13.29%	New
	Independent	Surrinder Singh Ahuja	263	1.86%	New
	INC(O)	Inder Chand Gupta	184	1.30%	New
	SSP	J. Jacob	169	1.19%	New
	Independent	Kali Dass Vasudeva	112	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			555	3.92%	30.55
Turnout			14,147	45.88%	2.15
Registered electors			31,314		34.90
	ABJS hold		Swing	18.81

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shimla^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ABJS	D. Ram	6,718	61.15%	New
	INC	G. Chand	2,931	26.68%	New
	RPI	C. Singh	466	4.24%	New
	Independent	J. Singh	364	3.31%	New
	Independent	P. Lal	221	2.01%	New
	PSP	G. Shanker	135	1.23%	New
	Independent	A. Singh	125	1.14%	New
Margin of victory			3,787	34.47%
Turnout			10,986	48.87%
Registered electors			23,212
	ABJS win (new seat)

Election results

2017

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Shimla^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Bhardwaj
	INC
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				[14]
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Shimla
• Shimla district