Shimla Assembly constituency

Shimla Vidhan Sabha constituency, also spelt Simla in olden days, is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh, a northern Indian state. It is a segment of the Shimla Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Shimla
Constituency for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateHimachal Pradesh
DistrictShimla
LS constituencyShimla
Total electors50,424[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLASuresh Bhardwaj
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2017

Members of Legislative Assembly
  • 1962 (Punjab Assembly): Gyan Chand (Congress), as part of Punjab State.[3]
    • Shimla was merged with Himachal Pradesh in 1966.
Year Member Picture Party
1967 Daulat Ram Chauhan Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972
1977 Janata Party
1982 Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 Harbhajan Singh Bhajji Indian National Congress
1990 Suresh Bhardwaj Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Rakesh Singha Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996[lower-alpha 1] Adarsh Kumar Indian National Congress
1998 Narinder Bragta Bharatiya Janata Party
2003 Harbhajan Singh Bhajji Indian National Congress
2007 Suresh Bhardwaj[4] Bharatiya Janata Party
2012
2017
  1. by-election

Election results

2017
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Shimla[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Suresh Bhardwaj
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

See also

References
  1. Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh (20 July 2018). "District and Assembly Constituency Wise Details of Electors". pp. 17–19. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. "Shimla Assembly constituency 2017 Election, Date, Results & Candidate lists". Elections in India.
  3. "List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1962". www.elections.in.
  4. Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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