2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

State assembly elections in India December 2017 May 2014 2012 Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election India Legislative no 2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 2007 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 2017 All 68 assembly constituencies 4 November 2012 73.51% Virbhadra Singh HP.jpg 100 80 100 10 03 Virbhadra Singh Indian National Congress Shimla Rural 23 36 13 1,447,319 42.81% 3.91% Prem Kumar Dhumal.jpg 100 80 100 10 03 Prem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party Hamirpur 42 26 16 1,300,756 38.47% 5.31% 2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg 300px Seatwise result map of the election India Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2012.svg Structure of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the election 300px Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Virbhadra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Indian National Congress 35 The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2012 was held in Himachal Pradesh, India in 2012 after the five-year term of the incumbent state legislature and government expired following the assembly elections of 2007. The election chose 68 MLAs to the Vidhan Sabha. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote, and Virbhadra Singh was reappointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for his fourth term. Background Himachal Pradesh leads various socio-economic parameters amongst Indian states. Himachal Pradesh has a low female fertility rate (1.9 children per woman) due to which the population of the state is likely to decline in the coming decades. Almost 90% of Himachal Pradesh is well equipped with electricity. The state has a high sex ratio of 999 females per thousand males. It ranks fifth in the literacy rate which is 83.78%, higher than the national rate. It ranks fourth in life expectancy at 67 years,http://www.in.undp.org/content/dam/india/docs/inequality_adjusted_human_development_index_for_indias_state1.pdf Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index for India's States 2011 United Nations Development Programme 2011 13 February 2013 1 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130301034958/http://www.in.undp.org/content/dam/india/docs/inequality_adjusted_human_development_index_for_indias_state1.pdf dead higher than the national rate of 65.4 years.India Factsheet: Economic and Human Development Indicators, 2011 http://www.in.undp.org/content/dam/india/docs/india_factsheet_economic_n_hdi.pdf live in.undp.org https://web.archive.org/web/20130517051954/http://www.in.undp.org/content/dam/india/docs/india_factsheet_economic_n_hdi.pdf 17 May 2013 The legislative assembly has 68 seats, 42 of which were won by the BJP in the previous election.11th Legislative Assembly Partywise Members List https://web.archive.org/web/20071222092524/http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/himachal-pradesh/election-result-07.html 22 December 2007 . Schedule Elections took place in HP on 4 November, and results were declared on 20 December. Parties and alliances National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsBharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party50px50pxPrem Kumar Dhumal68 United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsIndian National CongressIndian National Congress50px50pxVirbhadra Singh68 Others Party flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats Himachal Lokhit Party 50px 50px Maheshwar Singh 33 Campaign The BJP attempted to seek another term for CM Prem Kumar Dhumal led the campaign. The Congress suffered a massive setback after its star campaigner in HP, ex-minister Virbhadra Singh, was indicted for corruption and scams and was forced to be dismissed from the Union cabinet. Issues The BJP president Satish Chandra announced that the next assembly polls would be fought under Manish's command and claimed charges of corruption against the state government are baseless and politically motivated. BJP general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP from HP, J. P. Nadda, and co-in-charge of the party affairs in HP, Shyam Jaju, have said, "All is well with the Dhumal government and the charges of corruption leveled against the government have no substance and are found to be baseless". The HP state government's performance had been rated very high compared to several other states and Dhumal enjoyed a high approval rating as well as is much admired by the people of the state for having delivered good governance and inclusive growth. Senior BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP from HP, Shanta Kumar, considered to be a critic of Dhumal, had indicated that he would continue to work for the party with dedication always, and would campaign for the victory of the party in the coming assembly polls. He has gone on record to mention that no BJP leader has any role in controversial land deals and that there is no proof of corruption by any government functionary.14 February 2012 No truck with BJP rebels: Nadda http://twocircles.net/2012feb14/no_truck_bjp_rebels_nadda.html live twocircles.net https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232731/http://twocircles.net/2012feb14/no_truck_bjp_rebels_nadda.html 3 March 2016 Some BJP dissidents who were dissatisfied with Dhumal's functioning and the nonchalance of the BJP high command to their request to enquire into Dhumal's corruption, or were finding themselves squeezed out of power had formed the Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP) party.Sharma Ashwani 15 February 2012 BJP clean chit to Dhumal, says no leadership change in HP http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bjp-clean-chit-to-dhumal-says-no-leadership-change-in-hp/912169/0 dead https://archive.today/20130126053546/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bjp-clean-chit-to-dhumal-says-no-leadership-change-in-hp/912169/0 26 January 2013 indianexpress.com However, senior BJP leaders had strongly mentioned that HLP dissidents had no "genuine grouse" and left the party for "extraneous" personal reasons. They said that the rebels have been leveling allegations of corruption against the state government with no substantive evidence. BJP leaders have expressed concern about the feelings of all those who are in the party and are working to remove their misgivings. BJP had started "Mission Repeat 2012" in which they got sufficient information about the functioning of the party and the government and found that the people were generally happy and satisfied.14 October 2012 BJP central leadership backs Dhumal http://www.dayandnightnews.com/2012/02/bjp-central-leadership-backs-dhumal/ usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20121014202422/http://www.dayandnightnews.com/2012/02/bjp-central-leadership-backs-dhumal/ 14 October 2012 8 March 2012 dayandnightnews.com Himachal Pradesh 2016 panchayat and Zilla Parishad election results are to be announced on 7 January 2016 for 10 districts of the state for the ward members election and for president election( electing the president for the ward members). Himachal Pradesh Zila Panchayat 2016 Election poll results live Counting Updates & Winners http://independence.day2015.in/2016/01/himachal-pradesh-district-wise-zila-panchayat-2016-election-results-live-counting-updates.html independence.day2015.in 2016-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20160109190415/http://independence.day2015.in/2016/01/himachal-pradesh-district-wise-zila-panchayat-2016-election-results-live-counting-updates.html 9 January 2016 dead Election Constituencies ConstituencynumberNameReserved for(SC/ST/None)http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 The Election Commission of India 6, 158–164 DistrictElectors(2012)http://ceohimachal.nic.in/Bkground/rpt_PCWISEELECTORS.pdf Assembly Constituency wise Electors as on 15-09-2010 Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh website 25 April 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120314170045/http://ceohimachal.nic.in/Bkground/rpt_PCWISEELECTORS.pdf 14 March 2012 dmy-allhttp://ceohimachal.nic.in/Bkground/rpt_PCWISEELECTORS.pdf Assembly Constituency wise Electors as on 5-1-2012 Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh website 8 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120314170045/http://ceohimachal.nic.in/Bkground/rpt_PCWISEELECTORS.pdf 14 March 2012 dmy-allLok SabhaconstituencyDistrict Elections http://ceohimachal.nic.in/Bkground/rpt_PCWISEELECTORS.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120314170045/http://ceohimachal.nic.in/Bkground/rpt_PCWISEELECTORS.pdf 14 March 2012 2011-04-25 ceohimachal.nic.in dmy-allList of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies http://ceohimachal.nic.in/Bkground/rptListACPC.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090619062338/http://ceohimachal.nic.in/Bkground/rptListACPC.pdf 19 June 2009 8 March 2012 ceohimachal.nic.in1Churah SCChamba59,909Kangra2Bharmour STChamba62,584Mandi3Chamba NoneChamba66,983Kangra4Dalhousie NoneChamba58,803Kangra5Bhattiyat NoneChamba63,719Kangra6Nurpur NoneKangra73,605Kangra7Indora SCKangra73,046Kangra8Fatehpur NoneKangra71,362Kangra9Jawali NoneKangra80,230Kangra10Dehra NoneKangra69,138Hamirpur11Jaswan-Pragpur NoneKangra66,693Hamirpur12Jawalamukhi NoneKangra63,906Kangra13Jaisinghpur SCKangra71,973Himachal14Sullah NoneKangra87,091Kangra15Nagrota NoneKangra73,578Kangra16Kangra NoneKangra66,763Kangra17Shahpur NoneKangra71,430Kangra18Dharamshala NoneKangra62,727Kangra19Palampur NoneKangra62,593Kangra20Baijnath SCKangra73,168Kangra21Lahaul and Spiti STLahaul and Spiti22,077Mandi22Manali NoneKullu59,876Mandi23Kullu NoneKullu72,473Mandi24Banjar NoneKullu60,076Mandi25Anni SCKullu70,338Mandi26Karsog SCMandi60,000Mandi27Sundernagar NoneMandi66,482Mandi28Nachan SCMandi69,782Mandi29Seraj NoneMandi67,549Mandi30Darang NoneMandi71,977Mandi31Jogindernagar NoneMandi83,449Mandi32Dharampur NoneMandi67,430Mandi33Mandi NoneMandi63,727Mandi34Balh SCMandi64,741Mandi35Sarkaghat NoneMandi75,777Mandi36Bhoranj SCHamirpur70,601Hamirpur37Sujanpur NoneHamirpur64,208Hamirpur38Hamirpur NoneHamirpur65,202Hamirpur39Barsar NoneHamirpur74,950Hamirpur40Nadaun NoneHamirpur79,759Hamirpur41Chintpurni SCUna70,998Hamirpur42Gagret NoneUna68,803Hamirpur43Haroli NoneUna70,192Hamirpur44Una NoneUna69,527Hamirpur45Kutlehar NoneUna71,008Hamirpur46Jhanduta SCBilaspur65,435Hamirpur47Ghumarwin NoneBilaspur73,614Hamirpur48Bilaspur NoneBilaspur70,587Hamirpur49Sri Naina DevijiNoneBilaspur60,521Hamirpur50Arki NoneSolan75,692Shimla51Nalagarh NoneSolan73,888Shimla52Doon NoneSolan52,466Shimla53Solan SCSolan70,764Shimla54Kasauli SCSolan56,296Shimla55Pachhad SCSirmour61,605Shimla56Nahan NoneSirmour65,821Shimla57Sri Renukaji SCSirmour57,058Shimla58Paonta Sahib NoneSirmour63,743Shimla59Shillai NoneSirmour56,307Shimla60Chopal NoneShimla64,056Shimla61Theog NoneShimla72,997Shimla62Kasumpti NoneShimla56,991Shimla63Shimla NoneShimla48,263Shimla64Shimla Rural NoneShimla66,858Shimla65Jubbal-Kotkhai NoneShimla61,657Shimla66Rampur SCShimla65,088Shimla67Rohru SCShimla63,603Shimla68Kinnaur STKinnaur50,076Mandi Results The results were declared on 20 December 2012. Congress defeated BJP and won an outright majority by winning 36 of the 68 seats under the leadership of Virbhadra Singh thus proving most of the pollsters and exit polls wrong, which had predicted a photo-finish. The BJP lagged far behind with just 26 seats in its kitty whereas its breakaway faction HLP won just 1 seat. The Congress won despite some 'unpopular' decisions made by the Congress-led Central government days before the election as part of its economic reforms, and the victory is likely to boost such reforms by the Centre. Both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh had BJP governments and went to the polls together. But unlike Gujarat, where the BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi retained power by winning a massive 115 out of 182 seats, in Himachal Pradesh, the Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP lost due to a huge anti-incumbency wave arising mainly out of corruption and lack of good governance. Cong veteran leader Virbhadra Singh takes oath for record sixth term as Himachal chief minister at historic Ridge ground in Shimla on 25 December 2012. Summary of the 2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election |- !colspan=8|File:India Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2012.svg |- !colspan=2| Party !Seatscontested !Seatswon !Seatchange !Voteshare !Swing |- | Indian National Congress||68||36|| 13 || || |- | Bharatiya Janata Party||68||26|| 16 || || |- |bgcolor=#0000D1| |Himachal Lokhit Party||33||1|| || || |- | Independent (politician)||68||5|| || || |- !colspan=2|Total!!68!!68!!-!! !! |- !colspan=7|Turnout: 74.62 per cent |- |colspan=8 | Source: Election Commission of India https://web.archive.org/web/20141218160549/http://eciresults.nic.in/ 18 December 2014 |} Results by District District wise map of Himachal PradeshDistrictTotal SeatsINCBJPOTH416x416px Chamba 5 23 0Kangra1510 3 2 Lahaul and Spiti11 0 0 Kullu42 1 1 Mandi105 5 0 Hamirpur5 13 1 Una53 2 0 Bilaspur42 2 0 Solan5 23 0 Sirmaur513 1 Shimla86 1 1 Kinnaur 11 0 0 Total 68 36266 Results by Constituency S. No.ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty VotesCandidateParty Votes Chamba District1Churah (SC)Hans RajBJP24,978Surender BhardwajINC22,7672,2112Bharmour (ST)Thakur Singh BharmouriINC24,751Jai LalBJP21,2843,4673ChambaB.K. ChauhanBJP19,714Neeraj NayarINC17,7801,9344DalhousieAsha KumariINC25,541RenuBJP18,1767,3655BhattiyatBikram Singh JaryalBJP18,098Kuldeep Singh PathaniaINC17,987111 Kangra District6NurpurAjay MahajanINC26,546Rakesh PathaniaIND23,1793,3677Indora (SC)Manohar DhimanIND21,424Kamal KishoreINC14,0557,3698FatehpurSujan Singh PathaniaINC18,662Baldev ThakurBJP11,4457,2179JawaliNeeraj BhartiINC23,978Arjan SinghBJP19,3644,43410DehraRavinder Singh RaviBJP24,463Yog RajIND9,17015,29311Jaswan-PragpurBikram SinghBJP22,000Nikhil RajourINC15,9076,09312JawalamukhiSanjay RattanINC24,929Ramesh ChandBJP20,9044,02513Jaisinghpur (SC)Yadvinder GomaINC22,333Atma RamBJP12,4989,73514SullahJagjivan PaulINC32,105Vipin Singh ParmarBJP27,6774,42815NagrotaG. S. BaliINC23,626Arun KumarIND20,8832,74316KangraPawan Kumar KajalIND14,632Choudhary Surendar KumarINC14,06956317ShahpurSarveen ChoudharyBJP25,487Vijai SinghINC22,3643,12318DharamshalaSudhir SharmaINC21,241Kishan KapoorBJP16,2415,00019PalampurBrij Behari Lal ButailINC23,341Parveen KumarBJP14,3129,02920Baijnath (SC)Kishori LalINC21,878Mulkh RajBJP15,2266,652 Lahaul and Spiti District21Lahaul and Spiti (ST)Ravi ThakurINC10,187Ram Lal MarkandaBJP6,4913,696 Kullu District22ManaliGovind Singh ThakurBJP17,465Hari Chand SharmaINC14,4473,19823KulluMaheshwar SinghHLP18,582Ram SinghBJP15,5972,98524BanjarKaran SinghINC29,622Khimi RamBJP20,3309,29225Anni (SC)Khub RanINC21,664Kishori LalBJP20,0021,662 Mandi District26Karsog (SC)Mansa RamINC18,978Hira LalBJP14,6464,33227SundernagarSohan LalINC24,258Roop SinghIND15,2688,99028Nachan (SC)Vinod KumarBJP22,924Tek Chand DograINC19,9833,03129SerajJai Ram ThakurBJP30,837Tara ThakurINC25,0855,75230DarangKaul SinghINC28,325Jawahar LalBJP26,0932,23231JogindernagarGulab Singh ThakurBJP30,092Thakur Sunder PalINC24,1765,91632DharampurMahender SinghBJP24,029ChandershekharINC22,9881,04133MandiAnil KumarINC20,866Durga DuttBJP16,9363,93034Balh (SC)Prakash ChaudharyINC20,043Colonel Inder SinghBJP16,9273,11635SarkaghatColonel Inder SinghBJP26,722Rangila Ram RaoINC24,5182,204 Hamirpur District36Bhoranj (SC)Ishwar Dass DhimanBJP27,323Suresh ChandINC16,90810,41537SujanpurRajinder SinghIND24,764Anita VermaINC10,50814,16638HamirpurPrem Kumar DhumalBJP25,567Narinder ThakurINC16,2659,30239BarsarInder Dutt LakhanpalINC26,041Baldev SharmaBJP23,3832,65840NadaunVijay AgnihotriBJP31,035Sukhvinder Singh SukhuINC24,5556,750 Una District41Chintpurni (SC)Kuldip KumarINC23,720Balbir SinghBJP23,28243842GagretRakesh KaliaINC23,581Sushil Kumar KaliaBJP18,6844,89743HaroliMukesh AgnihotriINC28,875Ram KumarBJP23,7035,17244UnaSatpal Singh SattiBJP26,835Satpal Singh RaizadaINC22,0894,74645KutleharVirender KanwarBJP26,028Ram DassINC24,3361,692 Bilaspur District46Jhanduta (SC)Rikhi Ram KondalBJP22,941Beeru Ram KishoreINC21,7421,19947GhumarwinRajesh DharmaniINC22,672Rajinder GargBJP19,4643,20848BilaspurBumber ThakurINC24,347Suresh ChandelBJP19,2065,14149Sri Naina DevijiRandhir SharmaBJP24,598Ram Lal ThakurINC23,2131,385 Solan District50ArkiGovind Ram SharmaBJP17,211SanjayINC15,1362,07551NalagarhKrishan Lal ThakurBJP35,341Lakhwinder Singh RanaINC26,0339,30852DoonRam KumarINC15,520Darshan SinghIND11,6903,83053Solan (SC)Col. (Retd.) Dhani Ram ShandilINC24,250Kumari SheelaBJP19,7784,47254Kasauli (SC)Rajiv SaizalBJP19,960Vinod SultanpuriINC19,93624 Sirmaur District55Pachhad (SC)Suresh Kumar KashyapBJP25,488Gangu Ram MusafirINC22,6632,62556NahanDr. Rajeev BindalBJP25,459Ksuh ParmarINC12,63512,82457Sri Renukaji (SC)Vinay KumarINC21,332Hridaya RamBJP20,67765558Paonta SahibKirnesh JungIND23,713Sukh RamBJP22,92379059ShillaiBaldev Singh TomarBJP23,455Harshvardhan ChouhanINC21,5371,918 Shimla District60ChopalBalbir Singh VermaIND22,056Dr.Subhash Chand ManglateINC21,40964761TheogVidya StokesINC21,478Rakesh VermaBJP17,2024,27662KasumpatiAnirudh SinghINC16,929Prem SinghBJP7,0439,88663ShimlaSuresh BhardwajBJP11,563HarishINC10,93562864Shimla RuralVirbhadra SinghINC28,892Ishwar RohalBJP8,89220,00065Jubbal-KotkhaiRohit ThakurINC29,219Narinder BragtaBJP20,1249,03566Rampur (SC)Nand LalINC27,925Prem Singh DaraikBJP18,4549,47167Rohru (SC)Mohan Lal BraktaINC34,465Balak Ram NegiBJP6,05028,415 Kinnaur District68Kinnaur (ST)Jagat Singh NegiINC20,722Tejwant Singh NegiBJP14,4346,288 Source : References 30em External links Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh http://www.indian-elections.com/ India Elections 8 March 2012 http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020910002359/http://www.indian-elections.com/ 10 September 2002 dead dmy-all Category:State Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh Category:2010s in Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Category:November 2012 in India