Shimla Lok Sabha constituency

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]

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	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019
Preceded by	Virender Kashyap

Assembly segments

Shimla vidhan Sabha constituency presently comprises the following 17 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[1]

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

Members of Parliament

Year	Name[2][3]	Party
1962	Virbhadra Singh		Indian National Congress
1967
1967^	Pratap Singh
1971
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			Indian National Congress
2009	Virender Kashyap		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019	Suresh Kashyap
2024

^ by poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Shimla

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

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Shimla^[4]

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

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Shimla^[5]

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

2009

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

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

See also

• Shimla district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha