Sundernagar Assembly constituency

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

Sundernagar
Constituency No. 27 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Lok Sabha constituency	Mandi
Established	1951
Total electors	83,690[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rakesh Jamwal
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Picture	Party
1951	Baldev Chand			Indian National Congress
1967	Laxmi Datt Sharma
1972	Ganga Singh			Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977	Roop Singh			Janata Party
1982				Bharatiya Janata Party
1985
1990
1993	Sher Singh			Indian National Congress
1998	Roop Singh			Bharatiya Janata Party
2003	Sohan Lal Thakur			Indian National Congress
2007	Roop Singh			Bharatiya Janata Party
2012	Sohan Lal Thakur			Indian National Congress
2017	Rakesh Jamwal[4]			Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sundernagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rakesh Jamwal	29,432	44.16%	11.84
	INC	Sohan Lal	21,307	31.97%	8.09
	Independent	Abhishek Thakur	14,704	22.06%	New
	BSP	Narayan Singh	275	0.41%	0.66
	NOTA	Nota	211	0.32%	1.07
	Sainik Samaj Party	Thakur Singh	195	0.29%	New
	Independent	Tek Chand	149	0.22%	New
	AAP	Pooja Thakur	148	0.22%	New
	Independent	Het Ram	140	0.21%	New
	Rashtriya Devbhumi Party	Ran Vijay Singh	90	0.14%	New
Margin of victory			8,125	12.19%	3.75
Turnout			66,651	79.64%	1.48
Registered electors			83,690		12.55
	BJP hold		Swing	11.84

Assembly Election 2017

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rakesh Kumar	32,545	56.00%	33.03
	INC	Sohan Lal	23,282	40.06%	6.07
	NOTA	None of the Above	807	1.39%	New
	BSP	Dharam Singh	624	1.07%	0.15
Margin of victory			9,263	15.94%	1.16
Turnout			58,120	78.16%	0.71
Registered electors			74,361		9.50
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	9.87

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sundernagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sohan Lal	24,258	46.12%	2.90
	Independent	Roop Singh	15,268	29.03%	New
	BJP	Rakesh Kumar	12,076	22.96%	26.37
	BSP	Lekh Ram	486	0.92%	4.88
	Independent	Chet Ram	435	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			8,990	17.09%	10.99
Turnout			52,592	77.45%	0.94
Registered electors			67,908		34.48
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	3.20

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sundernagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Roop Singh	19,056	49.33%	7.23
	INC	Sohan Lal	16,698	43.22%	11.38
	BSP	Satya Pal Gautam	2,244	5.81%	New
	Independent	Bali Ram	623	1.61%	New
Margin of victory			2,358	6.10%	6.40
Turnout			38,631	76.50%	1.39
Registered electors			50,497		6.07
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	5.28

Assembly Election 2003

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sohan Lal	20,248	54.60%	15.00
	BJP	Roop Singh	15,610	42.10%	0.03
	HVC	Devender Kumar Salwani	763	2.06%	14.24
	Independent	Devender Sharma	461	1.24%	New
Margin of victory			4,638	12.51%	10.04
Turnout			37,082	77.94%	6.33
Registered electors			47,606		9.10
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	12.53

Assembly Election 1998

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Roop Singh	13,136	42.07%	3.19
	INC	Sher Singh	12,367	39.61%	19.13
	HVC	Ajit Ram	5,088	16.29%	New
	Independent	Kamal Singh	534	1.71%	New
Margin of victory			769	2.46%	17.39
Turnout			31,225	72.32%	4.46
Registered electors			43,634		18.95
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	16.66

Assembly Election 1993

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sher Singh	16,380	58.73%	24.30
	BJP	Roop Singh	10,843	38.88%	23.99
	BSP	Chander Mani	536	1.92%	0.16
Margin of victory			5,537	19.85%	8.59
Turnout			27,889	76.67%	4.62
Registered electors			36,684		4.37
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Assembly Election 1990

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Roop Singh	15,778	62.87%	8.63
	INC	Sher Singh	8,641	34.43%	10.64
	BSP	Bhup Chand	441	1.76%	New
	Independent	Madan Mohan Jagga	129	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			7,137	28.44%	19.27
Turnout			25,096	71.74%	4.96
Registered electors			35,147		23.94
	BJP hold		Swing	8.63

Assembly Election 1985

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Roop Singh	10,220	54.24%	4.56
	INC	Dharam Dutt	8,492	45.07%	11.90
	Independent	Sher Singh	131	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			1,728	9.17%	16.47
Turnout			18,843	66.85%	4.45
Registered electors			28,359		2.26
	BJP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1982

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Roop Singh	11,560	58.80%	New
	INC	Lachhami Dutt	6,520	33.16%	5.37
	Independent	Sher Singh	569	2.89%	New
	CPI	Jagdish Kumar	544	2.77%	1.54
	Independent	Ram Lal	315	1.60%	New
	JP	Krishan Chand	152	0.77%	32.65
Margin of victory			5,040	25.64%	20.22
Turnout			19,660	71.47%	17.75
Registered electors			27,731		3.49
	BJP gain from JP		Swing	25.37

Assembly Election 1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Roop Singh	5,105	33.43%	New
	Independent	Ajit Ram	4,278	28.01%	New
	INC	Dharam Dutt	4,245	27.80%	3.23
	Independent	Siwan Siri Ram	1,021	6.69%	New
	CPI(M)	Dhani Ram	436	2.85%	0.97
	CPI	Mohenga Ram	187	1.22%	New
Margin of victory			827	5.42%	2.02
Turnout			15,272	53.76%	1.88
Registered electors			28,734		26.52
	JP gain from ABJS		Swing	1.43

Assembly Election 1972

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ABJS	Ganga Singh	6,886	32.00%	New
	INC	Lachmi Datt	5,286	24.56%	17.53
	LRP	Dila Ram Chauhan	3,841	17.85%	New
	Independent	Sunetai Prakash Singh	2,463	11.45%	New
	Independent	Ajit Ram	1,389	6.45%	New
	Independent	Dharam Dutt	1,248	5.80%	New
	CPI(M)	Jai Chand	406	1.89%	New
Margin of victory			1,600	7.44%	1.16
Turnout			21,519	56.57%	15.90
Registered electors			39,102		38.21
	ABJS gain from INC		Swing	10.10

Assembly Election 1967

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	L. Datt	4,660	42.10%	36.75
	Independent	G. Singh	3,965	35.82%	New
	Independent	Dharam Dutt	2,445	22.09%	New
Margin of victory			695	6.28%	51.42
Turnout			11,070	42.81%	10.45
Registered electors			28,291		119.46
	INC hold		Swing	36.75

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sundernagar^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Baldev Chand	2,915	78.85%	New
	ABJS	Chet Ram	782	21.15%	New
Margin of victory			2,133	57.70%
Turnout			3,697	28.68%
Registered electors			12,891
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Sundernagar
• List of constituencies of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly