Shimla Lok Sabha constituency

Shimla
HP-4
Shimla ; HP-4
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Shimla Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	17: Arki, Nalagarh, Doon, Solan, Kasauli, Pachhad, Nahan, Sri Renukaji, Paonta Sahib, Shillai, Chopal, Theog, Kasumpti, Shimla, Shimla Rural, Jubbal-Kotkhai, Rohru
Established	1962
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Suresh Kumar Kashyap
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Shimla Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Simla Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. The seat is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.^[1]

Quick facts Shimla HP-4, Constituency details ...

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No	Name	District	Member
50	Arki	Solan	Sanjay Awasthy	INC	BJP
51	Nalagarh		Hardeep Singh Bawa	INC	BJP
52	Doon		Ram Kumar	INC	BJP
53	Solan (SC)		Dhani Ram Shandil	INC	BJP
54	Kasauli (SC)		Vinod Sultanpuri	INC	BJP
55	Pachhad (SC)	Sirmaur	Reena Kashyap	BJP	BJP
56	Nahan		Ajay Solanki	INC	BJP
57	Sri Renukaji (SC)		Vinay Kumar	INC	BJP
58	Paonta Sahib		Sukh Ram Chaudhary	BJP	BJP
59	Shillai		Harshwardhan Chauhan	INC	BJP
60	Chopal	Shimla	Balbir Singh Verma	BJP	BJP
61	Theog		Kuldeep Singh Rathore	INC	BJP
62	Kasumpti		Aniruddh Singh	INC	BJP
63	Shimla		Harish Janartha	INC	BJP
64	Shimla Rural		Vikramaditya Singh	INC	BJP
65	Jubbal-Kotkhai		Rohit Thakur	INC	INC
67	Rohru (SC)		Mohan Lal Brakta	INC	INC

Year	Name^[2]^[3]
1962	Virbhadra Singh	Indian National Congress
1967	Virbhadra Singh
1967^	Pratap Singh
1971	Pratap Singh
1977	Balak Ram Kashyap	Janata Party
1980	Krishan Dutt Sultanpuri	Indian National Congress
1984		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999	Dhani Ram Shandil	Himachal Vikas Congress
2004	Dhani Ram Shandil	Indian National Congress
2009	Virender Kashyap	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Virender Kashyap
2019	Suresh Kashyap
2024	Suresh Kashyap

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Kumar Kashyap	519,748	53.58	12.77
	INC	Vinod Sultanpuri	4,28,297	44.16	13.66
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,930	0.61
Majority			91,451	9.42
Turnout			9,71,315	71.70
	BJP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Kumar Kashyap	606,183	66.35	14.05
	INC	Dhani Ram Shandil	2,78,668	30.50	10.39
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,357	0.91	0.15
Majority			3,27,515	35.85	24.44
Turnout			9,15,149	72.68	8.71
	BJP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Virender Kashyap	385,973	52.30	1.88
	INC	Mohal Lal Brakta	3,01,786	40.89	5.10
	AAP	Subhash Chander	14,233	1.93	New
	CPI(M)	Jagat Ram	11,434	1.55
	IND.	Virender Kumar Kashyap	6,173	0.84
	none of the above	None of the Above	7,787	1.06
Majority			84,187	11.41	6.98
Turnout			7,37,756	63.97	8.24
	BJP hold		Swing

Shimla Lok Sabha constituency

Assembly segments

Members of Parliament

Election results

2024

2019

2014

2009

2004

See also

References

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2009 Indian general elections: Shimla^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Virender Kashyap	310,946	50.42	12.02
	INC	Dhani Ram Shandil	2,83,619	45.99	6.05
	BSP	Somnath	8,160	1.32	20.33
Majority			27,327	4.43	2.89
Turnout			6,16,684	55.73	3.84
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	5.59

2004 Indian general elections: Simla^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Dhani Ram Shandil	211,182	39.94
	BJP	Hira Nand Kashyap	2,03,002	38.40
	BSP	Som Nath	1,14,471	21.65
Majority			8,180	1.54
Turnout			528,655	51.89
	INC gain from HVC		Swing