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Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh on 12 November 2022 to elect 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 8 December 2022.
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All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 35 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 75.78%[1] ( 0.21 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seatwise Result Map of the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Structure of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The result was a victory for the Indian National Congress, which returned to power after losing their majority in 2017, continuing a pattern of the incumbent party losing reelection in Himachal Pradesh since 1985.[2]
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu became the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh whereas Mukesh Agnihotri became Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.[3]
The tenure of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly was scheduled to end on 8 January 2023.[4] The previous assembly elections were held in November 2017. After the election, Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with Jai Ram Thakur becoming chief minister.[5] The Indian National Congress became the opposition with Mukesh Agnihotri becoming Leader of Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Since the last assembly elections, several bypolls were held, the most recent of which were won by the Indian National Congress, with it wresting control of the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency and 3 other assembly constituencies.[6]
Congress MLAs Pawan Kumar Kajal and Lakhvinder Singh Rana joined BJP in August 2022.[7] Kajal was the head of Congress Working committee.[8] The defection of the two senior Congress officials was deemed to be a major blow to the party just a few months prior to the Assembly election.[9] On 28 September 2022, Himachal Pradesh state Congress working president and former cabinet minister Harsh Mahajan joined BJP. The defection was another shock to Congress.[10][11]
The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 14 October 2022.[12]
| S.No. | Poll event | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Notification date | 17 October 2022 |
| 2. | Last date for filing Nominations | 25 October 2022 |
| 3. | Date for scrutiny of nominations | 27 October 2022 |
| 4. | Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 29 October 2022 |
| 5. | Date of poll | 12 November 2022 |
| 6. | Date of counting | 8 December 2022 |
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| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
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68[16][17][18] |
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian National Congress |  |
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Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu |  |
68[16][17][19] |
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aam Aadmi Party | .svg){kind=logo} |
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Surjeet Singh Thakur |  |
67[16][17][20] |
CPI(M) contested the assembly election in alliance with the CPI.[21]
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  |
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Rakesh Singha |  |
11[16][17] |
| 2. | Communist Party of India |  |
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Shyam Singh Chauhan[22] | |
1[16][17] |
AAP released the first list of 4 candidates on 20 September 2022.[25] Second list of 54 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.[26] Third list of 10 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.[27] AAP's nomination from Darang was withdrawn on 29 October 2022.[28]
CPI(M) released the first list of 11 candidates on 22 September 2022.[29] and second list of 2 candidates on 24 September.[30] However, the earlier lists were withdrawn and a final list of 11 candidates was released on 18 October 2022.[31] It was reported that CPI would contest on 3 seats,[21] but decided to contest on 1 seat only.[16]
Congress released the first list of 46 candidates on 18 October 2022.[32] Second list of 17 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.[33] Congress released third list of 4 candidates on 22 October 2022.[34] Candidate for the remaining 1 seat was named on 25 October 2022.[35]
BJP released the first list of 62 candidates on 19 October 2022.[36] Second list of remaining 6 candidates was released on 20 October 2022.[37] BJP replaced its candidates from Chamba on 20 October 2022[38] and Kullu on 25 October 2022.[39]
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On 6 April 2022, AAP held a roadshow in Mandi with Delhi CM Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.[42][43] Surjeet Thakur was appointed as President of the state unit in June 2022.[44]
AAP promised 300 units of free electricity to every household, if AAP comes to power.[45]
Aam Aadmi Party published its 10 promises as guarantees of jobs for all youth, unemployment allowance, an advisory board for traders, end of "inspector rule", and corruption-free administration.[46]
The BJP has launched ‘Mission Repeat’ with an aim to retain power in the State. BJP leader and PM Narendra Modi held two rallies in Una and Chamba and also inaugurated various projects in state.[52]
BJP has also launched website to seek suggestions for its manifesto.[53]
On 30 October, 30 campaigners of the party held simultaneous rallies in all 68 constituencies.[54]
From August 17 to 22, the Indian National Congress organized demonstrations throughout Himachal Pradesh as a part of its "Mehangai Chaupal". The block units of the Himachal PCC protested in all the 68 constituencies against price rise and inflation. The protests were a part of the wider "Halla Bol" demonstrations organized by the Congress against the BJP-led government in Delhi.[56][57][58]
On 31 August 2022, the Indian National Congress launched its manifesto with its 10 guarantees in Himachal Ka Sankalp.[59][60]
On 14 October 2022, Congress started its campaign with its "Parivartan Pratigya Rally" in Solan with senior Congress leaders, Priyanka Gandhi, Pratibha Singh, Mukesh Agnihotri, and Bhupesh Baghel.[61]
On 4 November 2022, Priyanka Gandhi addressed a rally in Nagrota Bagwan, Kangra. She promised 1 lakh government jobs and restoration of the Old Pension Scheme in the first cabinet meeting if the Congress comes to power.[62]
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| Active Parties |
| Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Indian National Congress |
| Aam Aadmi Party |
| Others |
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Date published | Lead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | INC | AAP | Others | |||
| ABP News-CVoter[72] | 2 October 2022 | 45.2% | 33.9% | 9.5% | 11.4% | 11.3% |
| ABP News-CVoter[73] | 14 October 2022 | 46.0% | 35.2% | 6.3% | 12.5% | 10.8% |
| India TV-Matrize[74] | 4 November 2022 | 46% | 42% | 2% | 10% | 4% |
| ABP News-CVoter[75] | 9 November 2022 | 44.8% | 44.2% | 3.3% | 11.4% | 0.6% |
The Election Commission of India prohibited the conduct of any exit poll and publishing the result of exit polls from 12 November 2022 and 6:30 PM on 5 December 2022. Accordingly, these exit polls were released on the evening of 5 December.
| Active Parties |
| Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Indian National Congress |
| Aam Aadmi Party |
| Others |
| Polling agency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | INC | AAP | Others | |
| Aaj Tak-Axis My India | 24-34 | 30-40 | 0 | 4-8 |
| ABP News-CVoter | 33-41 | 24-32 | 0 | 0-4 |
| India TV-Matrize | 35-40 | 26-31 | 0 | 0-3 |
| News 24-Today's Chanakya | 33 | 33 | 0 | 2 |
| NewsX-Jan Ki Baat | 32-40 | 27-34 | 0 | 1-2 |
| Republic TV-P MARQ | 34-39 | 28-33 | 0-1 | 1-4 |
| Times Now-ETG | 34-42 | 24-32 | 0 | 1-3 |
| TV9 Gujarati | 33 | 31 | 0 | 4 |
| Zee News-BARC | 35-40 | 20-25 | 0-3 | 1-5 |
| Poll of Polls (Average) | 35 | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| Actual Result | 25 | 40 | 0 | 3 |
The voter turnout of 75.60% was recorded in Himachal Pradesh as per provisional data.[76][77]
The Indian National Congress emerged victorious with 40 seats, whereas the Bharatiya Janata Party fell down to 25 seats. Notably, the BJP lost all of its seats in union minister Anurag Thakur's home district Hamirpur to the Congress and 1 independent.[78] 8 cabinet ministers in the BJP government lost their seats.[79] 3 BJP rebels won as independents.[80] On the other hand, lone CPI(M) MLA Rakesh Singha lost his seat to Congress candidate Kuldeep Singh Rathore.[81]
| Party | INC | BJP | Oth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | 40 | 25 | 3 |
| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||
| Indian National Congress | 18,52,504 | 43.90 | 2.22 |
68 | 40 | 19 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 18,14,530 | 43.00 |  5.79 |
68 | 25 | 19 | |
| Aam Aadmi Party | 46,270 | 1.10 | 1.10 |
67 | 0 |  | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 27,817 | 0.66 | 0.81 |
11 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rashtriya Devbhumi Party | 25,861 | 0.61 | |
29 | 0 | | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 14,613 | 0.35 | 0.2 |
53 | 0 | | |
| Independents | 4,09,273 | 9.7 | |
3 | 1 | ||
| Others | 3906 | 0.09 | |||||
| NOTA | 24,861 | 0.59 | |||||
| Total | 42,19,635 | 100% | |||||
| Valid votes | 42,19,635 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | |||||||
| Votes cast/ turnout | 42,38,412 | 75.78 | |||||
| Abstentions | |||||||
| Registered voters | 55,92,828 | ||||||
| Source: Election Commission of India[82] | |||||||
| Division | Seats | INC | BJP | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kangra | 25 | 16 | 8 | 1 |
| Mandi | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 |
| Shimla | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 68 | 40 | 25 | 3 |
| District | Constituency | Winner[83] | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
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| # | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||||
| Chamba | 1 | Churah (SC) | Hans Raj | BJP | 32,095 | 51.49 | Yashwant Singh | INC | 29,453 | 47.26 | 2,642 | ||
| 2 | Bharmour (ST) | Janak Raj | BJP | 30,336 | 53.68 | Thakur Singh Bharmouri | INC | 25,164 | 44.53 | 5,172 | |||
| 3 | Chamba | Neeraj Nayar | INC | 32,783 | 53.28 | Neelam Nayyar | BJP | 25,001 | 40.63 | 7,782 | |||
| 4 | Dalhousie | Dhavinder Singh Thakur | BJP | 33,488 | 57.49 | Asha Kumari | INC | 23,570 | 40.47 | 9,918 | |||
| 5 | Bhattiyat | Kuldeep Singh Pathania | INC | 25,989 | 43.73 | Bikram Singh | BJP | 24,422 | 41.10 | 1,567 | |||
| Kangra | 6 | Nurpur | Ranbir Singh | BJP | 44,132 | 62.45 | Ajay Mahajan | INC | 25,380 | 35.92 | 18,752 | ||
| 7 | Indora (SC) | Malender Rajan | INC | 30,797 | 45.55 | Reeta Devi | BJP | 28,547 | 42.22 | 2,250 | |||
| 8 | Fatehpur | Bhawani Singh Pathania | INC | 33,238 | 51.83 | Rakesh Pathania | BJP | 25,884 | 40.36 | 7,354 | |||
| 9 | Jawali | Chander Kumar | INC | 38,243 | 51.22 | Sanjay Guleria | BJP | 35,212 | 47.16 | 3,031 | |||
| 10 | Dehra | Hoshyar Singh | IND | 22,997 | 37.96 | Rajesh Sharma | INC | 19,120 | 31.56 | 3,877 | |||
| 11 | Jaswan-Pragpur | Bikram Singh | BJP | 22,658 | 38.27 | Surinder Singh Mankotia | INC | 20,869 | 35.25 | 1,789 | |||
| 12 | Jawalamukhi | Sanjay Rattan | INC | 27,827 | 46.48 | Ravinder Singh | BJP | 21,423 | 35.78 | 6,404 | |||
| 13 | Jaisinghpur (SC) | Yadvinder Goma | INC | 28,058 | 50.43 | Ravinder Kumar Dhiman | BJP | 25,362 | 45.58 | 2,696 | |||
| 14 | Sullah | Vipin Singh Parmar | BJP | 36,670 | 48.35 | Jagjiwan Paul | IND | 29,558 | 38.97 | 7,112 | |||
| 15 | Nagrota | R.S. Bali | INC | 42,079 | 59.88 | Arun Kumar | BJP | 26,187 | 37.26 | 15,892 | |||
| 16 | Kangra | Pawan Kumar Kajal | BJP | 35,239 | 55.64 | Surinder Kumar | INC | 15,405 | 24.32 | 19,834 | |||
| 17 | Shahpur | Kewal Singh Pathania | INC | 36,603 | 55.39 | Sarveen Choudhary | BJP | 24,360 | 36.86 | 12,243 | |||
| 18 | Dharamshala | Sudhir Sharma | INC | 27,323 | 45.53 | Rakesh Kumar | BJP | 24,038 | 40.06 | 3,285 | |||
| 19 | Palampur | Ashish Butail | INC | 30,874 | 53.72 | Trilok Kapoor | BJP | 25,546 | 44.45 | 5,328 | |||
| 20 | Baijnath (SC) | Kishori Lal | INC | 29,338 | 50.32 | Mulkh Raj | BJP | 25,892 | 44.41 | 3,446 | |||
| Lahaul and Spiti | 21 | Lahaul and Spiti (ST) | Ravi Thakur | INC | 9,948 | 52.91 | Ram Lal Markanda | BJP | 8,332 | 44.32 | 1,616 | ||
| Kullu | 22 | Manali | Bhuvneshwar Gaur | INC | 29,892 | 49.46 | Govind Singh Thakur | BJP | 26,935 | 44.57 | 2,957 | ||
| 23 | Kullu | Sunder Singh Thakur | INC | 30,286 | 42.56 | Narottam Singh | BJP | 26,183 | 36.79 | 4,103 | |||
| 24 | Banjar | Surender Shourie | BJP | 25,038 | 40.44 | Khimi Ram | INC | 20,704 | 33.44 | 4,334 | |||
| 25 | Anni (SC) | Lokender Kumar | BJP | 24,133 | 35.77 | Paras Ram | IND | 17,355 | 25.72 | 6,778 | |||
| Mandi | 26 | Karsog (SC) | Deepraj Kapoor | BJP | 34,512 | 57.36 | Mahesh Raj | INC | 23,978 | 39.85 | 10,534 | ||
| 27 | Sundernagar | Rakesh Jamwal | BJP | 29,432 | 44.16 | Sohan Lal | INC | 21,307 | 31.97 | 8,125 | |||
| 28 | Nachan (SC) | Vinod Kumar | BJP | 33,200 | 46.40 | Naresh Kumar | INC | 24,244 | 33.88 | 8,956 | |||
| 29 | Seraj | Jai Ram Thakur | BJP | 53,562 | 75.70 | Chet Ram | INC | 15,379 | 21.74 | 38,183 | |||
| 30 | Darang | Puran Chand Thakur | BJP | 36,572 | 49.76 | Kaul Singh Thakur | INC | 35,954 | 48.92 | 618 | |||
| 31 | Jogindernagar | Prakash Rana | BJP | 33,782 | 47.87 | Surender Paul Thakur | INC | 29,443 | 41.73 | 4,339 | |||
| 32 | Dharampur | Chander Shekhar Thakur | INC | 31,063 | 51.90 | Rajat Thakur | BJP | 28,037 | 46.84 | 3,026 | |||
| 33 | Mandi | Anil Sharma | BJP | 31,303 | 53.37 | Champa Thakur | INC | 21.297 | 36.31 | 10,006 | |||
| 34 | Balh (SC) | Inder Singh Gandhi | BJP | 31,792 | 49.12 | Prakash Chaudhary | INC | 30,485 | 47.1 | 1,307 | |||
| 35 | Sarkaghat | Dalip Thakur | BJP | 27,346 | 42.89 | Pawan Kumar | INC | 25,539 | 40.05 | 1,807 | |||
| Hamirpur | 36 | Bhoranj (SC) | Suresh Kumar | INC | 24,779 | 43.16 | Dr. Anil Dhaman | BJP | 24,719 | 43.05 | 60 | ||
| 37 | Sujanpur | Rajinder Rana | INC | 27,679 | 49.79 | Ranjit Singh Rana | BJP | 27,280 | 49.07 | 399 | |||
| 38 | Hamirpur | Ashish Sharma | IND | 25,916 | 47.09 | Pushpinder Vwema | INC | 13,017 | 23.65 | 12,899 | |||
| 39 | Barsar | Inderdutt Lakhanpal | INC | 30,293 | 48.16 | Maya Sharma | BJP | 16.501 | 26.23 | 13,792 | |||
| 40 | Nadaun | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | INC | 36,142 | 50.88 | Vijay Kumar | BJP | 32,779 | 46.14 | 3,363 | |||
| Una | 41 | Chintpurni (SC) | Sudarshan Singh Babloo | INC | 32,712 | 52.7 | Balbir Singh | BJP | 27,854 | 44.87 | 4,858 | ||
| 42 | Gagret | Chaitanya Sharma | INC | 40,767 | 61.15 | Rajesh Thakur | BJP | 25,082 | 37.62 | 15,685 | |||
| 43 | Haroli | Mukesh Agnihotri | INC | 38,652 | 55.33 | Ram Kumar | BJP | 29,504 | 42.23 | 9,148 | |||
| 44 | Una | Satpal Singh Satti | BJP | 33,974 | 50.05 | Satpal Raizada | INC | 32,238 | 47.49 | 1,736 | |||
| 45 | Kutlehar | Davinder Kumar Bhutto | INC | 36,636 | 54.84 | Virender Kanwar | BJP | 29,057 | 43.49 | 7,579 | |||
| Bilaspur | 46 | Jhanduta (SC) | Jeet Ram Katwal | BJP | 28,268 | 46.72 | Vivek Kumar | INC | 22.469 | 37.14 | 5,799 | ||
| 47 | Ghumarwin | Rajesh Dharmani | INC | 35,378 | 51.96 | Rajinder Garg | BJP | 29,767 | 43.72 | 5,611 | |||
| 48 | Bilaspur | Trilok Jamwal | BJP | 30,988 | 47.76 | Bumber Thakur | INC | 30,712 | 47.34 | 276 | |||
| 49 | Sri Naina Deviji | Randhir Sharma | BJP | 29,403 | 47.23 | Ram Lal Thakur | INC | 29,232 | 46.96 | 171 | |||
| Solan | 50 | Arki | Sanjay Awasthy | INC | 30,897 | 42.02 | Rajender | IND | 26,075 | 35.46 | 4,822 | ||
| 51 | Nalagarh | K. L. Thakur | IND | 33,427 | 44.51 | Hardeep Singh Bhawa | INC | 20,163 | 26.85 | 13,264 | |||
| 52 | Doon | Ram Kumar | INC | 32,038 | 51.89 | Paramjeet Singh Pammi | BJP | 25,227 | 40.86 | 6,811 | |||
| 53 | Solan (SC) | Dhani Ram Shandil | INC | 30,089 | 51.54 | Rajesh Kashyap | BJP | 26,231 | 44.39 | 3,858 | |||
| 54 | Kasauli (SC) | Vinod Kumar Sultanpuri | INC | 28,200 | 52.1 | Rajiv Saizal | BJP | 21,432 | 39.6 | 6,768 | |||
| Sirmaur | 55 | Pachhad (SC) | Reena Kashyap | BJP | 21,215 | 34.52 | Dayal Pyari | INC | 17,358 | 28.25 | 3,857 | ||
| 56 | Nahan | Ajay Solanki | INC | 35,291 | 50.08 | Rajeev Bindal | BJP | 33,652 | 47.75 | 1,639 | |||
| 57 | Sri Renukaji (SC) | Vinay Kumar | INC | 28,642 | 47.99 | Narain Singh | BJP | 27,782 | 46.55 | 860 | |||
| 58 | Paonta Sahib | Sukh Ram Chaudhary | BJP | 31,008 | 46.93 | Kirnesh Jung | INC | 22,412 | 33.92 | 8,596 | |||
| 59 | Shillai | Harshwardhan Chauhan | INC | 32,093 | 49.17 | Baldev Singh Tomar | BJP | 31,711 | 48.58 | 382 | |||
| Shimla | 60 | Chopal | Balbir Singh Verma | BJP | 25,873 | 41.58 | Rajneesh Kimta | INC | 20,840 | 33.49 | 5,033 | ||
| 61 | Theog | Kuldeep Singh Rathore | INC | 19,447 | 29.47 | Ajay Shyam | BJP | 14,178 | 21.49 | 5,269 | |||
| 62 | Kasumpti | Anirudh Singh | INC | 25,759 | 55.43 | Suresh Bhardwaj | BJP | 17,104 | 36.81 | 8,655 | |||
| 63 | Shimla | Harish Janartha | INC | 15,803 | 51.35 | Jatin Puri | BJP | 12,766 | 41.48 | 3,037 | |||
| 64 | Shimla Rural | Vikramaditya Singh | INC | 35,269 | 60.19 | Ravi Kumar Mehta | BJP | 21,409 | 36.54 | 13,860 | |||
| 65 | Jubbal-Kotkhai | Rohit Thakur | INC | 31,393 | 52.65 | Chetan Singh Bragta | BJP | 26,324 | 44.15 | 5,069 | |||
| 66 | Rampur (SC) | Nand Lal | INC | 28,397 | 49.07 | Kaul Singh | BJP | 27,830 | 48.09 | 567 | |||
| 67 | Rohru (SC) | Mohan Lal Brakta | INC | 34,327 | 61.90 | Shashi Bala | BJP | 14,988 | 27.03 | 19,339 | |||
| Kinnaur | 68 | Kinnaur (ST) | Jagat Singh Negi | INC | 20,696 | 46.95 | Surat Negi | BJP | 13.732 | 31.15 | 6,964 | ||
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