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Elections for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Himachal Pradesh state, India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Himachal Pradesh creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012

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.

e • d **Summary of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2012 result**
Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Seat change
Bhartiya Janata Party	68	26	16
Indian National Congress	68	36	13
Independents	68	6
Total	68	68	-
Turnout: 74.62 per cent
Source: Election Commission of India

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 [[Image:Himachal Pradesh in India.png|thumb|right|[[Himachal Pradesh, India|Himachal Pradesh]]]]
 Elections for the [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]] state, India are conducted in accordance with the [[Constitution of India]]. The Assembly of [[Himachal Pradesh]] creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.
+==Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012==
+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 [[Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2007|assembly elections of 2007]]. The election chose 68 MLAs to the ''[[Vidhan Sabha]]''.
+{{electiontable|Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012}}'''Summary of the [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] election, 2012 result'''
+|-
+! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left width=225|Party
+! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats contested
+! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats won
+! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seat change
+! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Vote share
+! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Swing
+|-
+|align=left|[[Bhartiya Janata Party]]||68||'''26'''||{{decrease}} 16
+| align="center" |
+| align="center" |
+|-style="background: #90EE90;"
+|align=left|[[Indian National Congress]]||68||'''36'''||{{increase}}  13
+| align="center" |
+| align="center" |
+|-
+|align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||68||'''6'''||
+| align="center" |
+| align="center" |
+|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
+|align=left|'''Total'''||68||align=right|'''68'''||-|| |||
+|-
+|align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=7|Turnout: 74.62 per cent
+|-
+|align=left colspan="7"| Source: [http://eciresults.nic.in Election Commission of India]
+|}