1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in May 1982, to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Indian National Congress won the most seats as well as the popular vote, and Thakur Ram Lal was reappointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.[1]

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

19 May 1982

All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
35 seats needed for a majority
Registered2,211,524
Turnout71.06%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party INC BJP JP
Seats before 9 New 53
Seats won 31 29 2
Seat change +22 New –51
Popular vote 42.52% 35.16% 4.75%

CM before election

Thakur Ram Lal
INC

Elected CM

Thakur Ram Lal
INC

After the passing of the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970, Himachal Pradesh was converted from a Union Territory to a State and the size of its Legislative Assembly was increased to 68 members.[2]

Result

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress659,23942.5231+22
Bharatiya Janata Party545,03735.1629New
Janata Party73,6834.752–51
Communist Party of India26,5431.7100
Lok Dal22,5211.450New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)2,6360.1700
Independents220,63714.2360
Total1,550,296100.00680
Valid votes1,550,29698.65
Invalid/blank votes21,2781.35
Total votes1,571,574100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,211,52471.06
Source: ECI[3]

Elected Members

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party
KinnaurSTThakur Sen Negi Independent
RampurSCSinghi Ram Indian National Congress
RohruNoneSatya Dev Bushehari Indian National Congress
Jubbal-kotkhaiNoneRam Lal Indian National Congress
ChopalNoneKewal Ram Chauhan Indian National Congress
KumarsainNoneJai Bihari Lal Khachi Indian National Congress
TheogNoneVidya Stokes Indian National Congress
SimlaNoneDaulat Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
KasumptiSCBalak Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
ArkiNoneNagin Chander Pal Bharatiya Janata Party
DoonNoneRam Partap Chandel Indian National Congress
NalagarhNoneVijayander Singh Indian National Congress
KasauliSCRaghu Raj Indian National Congress
SolanNoneRama Nand Bharatiya Janata Party
PachhadSCGangu Ram Independent
RaindkaSCPrem Singh Indian National Congress
ShillaiNoneGuman Singh Chauhan Indian National Congress
Paonta DoonNoneKush Parmar Indian National Congress
NahanNoneShyama Sharma Janata Party
KotkehloorNoneDaulat Ram Sankhyan Indian National Congress
BilaspurNoneSada Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
GhumarwinNoneNarayan Singh Swami Bharatiya Janata Party
GeharwinSCGanu Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
NadaunNoneDhani Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
HamirpurNoneJagdev Chand Bharatiya Janata Party
BamsanNoneLashkari Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
MewaSCDharam Singh Indian National Congress
NadauntaNoneRam Rattan Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
GagretSCSadhu Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
ChintpurniNoneHans Raj Akrot Indian National Congress
SantokgarhNoneVijay Kumar Joshi Indian National Congress
UnaNoneDes Raj Bharatiya Janata Party
KutleharNoneRanjit Singh Janata Party
NurpurNoneSat Mahajan Indian National Congress
GangathSCDes Raj Bharatiya Janata Party
JawaliNoneRajan Sushant Bharatiya Janata Party
GulerNoneChander Kumar Indian National Congress
JaswanNoneAgya Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
PragpurSCVirender Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
JawalamukhiNoneKashmir Singh Rana Bharatiya Janata Party
ThuralNoneChandresh Kumari Indian National Congress
RajgirSCMilkhi Ram Goma Indian National Congress
BaijnathNoneSant Ram Indian National Congress
PalampurNoneSarwan Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
SulahNoneShanta Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
NagrotaNoneRam Chand Bharatiya Janata Party
ShahpurNoneVijai Singh Independent
DharamsalaNoneBrij Lal Bharatiya Janata Party
KangraNoneVidya Sagar Bharatiya Janata Party
BhattiyatNoneShiv Kumar Indian National Congress
BanikhetNoneDes Raj Mahajan Indian National Congress
RajnagarSCMohan Lal Bharatiya Janata Party
ChambaNoneSagar Chand Indian National Congress
BharmourSTThakur Singh Indian National Congress
Lahaul And SpitiSTDevi Singh Indian National Congress
KulluNoneKunj Lal Bharatiya Janata Party
BanjarNoneMaheshwar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
AniSCKhub Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
KarsogSCMansha Ram Independent
ChachiotNoneMoti Ram Independent
NachanSCDile Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
SundarnagarNoneRoop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
BalhSCPiru Ram Indian National Congress
GopalpurNoneRangila Ram Indian National Congress
DharampurNoneBhikham Ram Indian National Congress
Joginder NagarNoneGulab Singh Independent
DarangNoneKaul Singh Indian National Congress
MandiNoneSukh Ram Indian National Congress

See also

References

  1. Prabhu Chawla (21 April 1983). "Thakur Ram Lal resigns as Himachal Pradesh CM to pave the way for Virbhadra Singh". India Today. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. "The State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970" (PDF). 25 December 1970. Retrieved 6 November 2021. ...persons chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies, shall be sixty-eight of which sixteen seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and three seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.
  3. "Himachal Pradesh 1982". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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