2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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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.
Background
Himachal Pradesh has lowest female fertility rate due to which the population of the state is likely to decline in the coming decades. It has very low birth rate of 1.9 children per woman which had helped state to get rid of overpopulation. 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 national rate. It ranks fourth in life expectancy at 67 years,[1] higher than the national rate of 65.4 years.[2] Himachal Pradesh's economy is one of the largest in country, as of 2009, nominal GDP per capita was US$1,273. Television ownership is the fourth largest in the country.[original research?]
The legislative assembly has 68 seats, 42 of which were won by the BJP in the previous election.[3]
Schedule
Elections took place in HP on 4 Nov, and results were declared on 20 Dec.Election Commission of India.
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-incharge 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 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.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
Election
Template:Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012
Constituencies
Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None)[citation needed] | District | Electors (2012)[citation needed] | Lok Sabha constituency[7][8] |
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1 | Churah | SC | Chamba | 59,909 | Kangra |
2 | Bharmour | ST | Chamba | 62,584 | Mandi |
3 | Chamba | None | Chamba | 66,983 | Kangra |
4 | Dalhousie | None | Chamba | 58,803 | Kangra |
5 | Bhattiyat | None | Chamba | 63,719 | Kangra |
6 | Nurpur | None | Kangra | 73,605 | Kangra |
7 | Indora | SC | Kangra | 73,046 | Kangra |
8 | Fatehpur | None | Kangra | 71,362 | Kangra |
9 | Jawali | None | Kangra | 80,230 | Kangra |
10 | Dehra | None | Kangra | 69,138 | Hamirpur |
11 | Jaswan-Pragpur | None | Kangra | 66,693 | Hamirpur |
12 | Jawalamukhi | None | Kangra | 63,906 | Kangra |
13 | Jaisinghpur | SC | Kangra | 71,973 | Himachal |
14 | Sullah | None | Kangra | 87,091 | Kangra |
15 | Nagrota | None | Kangra | 73,578 | Kangra |
16 | Kangra | None | Kangra | 66,763 | Kangra |
17 | Shahpur | None | Kangra | 71,430 | Kangra |
18 | Dharamshala | None | Kangra | 62,727 | Kangra |
19 | Palampur | None | Kangra | 62,593 | Kangra |
20 | Baijnath | SC | Kangra | 73,168 | Kangra |
21 | Lahaul and Spiti | ST | Lahaul and Spiti | 22,077 | Mandi |
22 | Manali | None | Kullu | 59,876 | Mandi |
23 | Kullu | None | Kullu | 72,473 | Mandi |
24 | Banjar | None | Kullu | 60,076 | Mandi |
25 | Anni | SC | Kullu | 70,338 | Mandi |
26 | Karsog | SC | Mandi | 60,000 | Mandi |
27 | Sundernagar | None | Mandi | 66,482 | Mandi |
28 | Nachan | SC | Mandi | 69,782 | Mandi |
29 | Seraj | None | Mandi | 67,549 | Mandi |
30 | Darang | None | Mandi | 71,977 | Mandi |
31 | Jogindernagar | None | Mandi | 83,449 | Mandi |
32 | Dharampur | None | Mandi | 67,430 | Mandi |
33 | Mandi | None | Mandi | 63,727 | Mandi |
34 | Balh | SC | Mandi | 64,741 | Mandi |
35 | Sarkaghat | None | Mandi | 75,777 | Mandi |
36 | Bhoranj | SC | Hamirpur | 70,601 | Hamirpur |
37 | Sujanpur | None | Hamirpur | 64,208 | Hamirpur |
38 | Hamirpur | None | Hamirpur | 65,202 | Hamirpur |
39 | Barsar | None | Hamirpur | 74,950 | Hamirpur |
40 | Nadaun | None | Hamirpur | 79,759 | Hamirpur |
41 | Chintpurni | SC | Una | 70,998 | Hamirpur |
42 | Gagret | None | Una | 68,803 | Hamirpur |
43 | Haroli | None | Una | 70,192 | Hamirpur |
44 | Una | None | Una | 69,527 | Hamirpur |
45 | Kutlehar | None | Una | 71,008 | Hamirpur |
46 | Jhanduta | SC | Bilaspur | 65,435 | Hamirpur |
47 | Ghumarwin | None | Bilaspur | 73,614 | Hamirpur |
48 | Bilaspur | None | Bilaspur | 70,587 | Hamirpur |
49 | Sri Naina Devi ji | None | Bilaspur | 60,521 | Hamirpur |
50 | Arki | None | Solan | 75,692 | Shimla |
51 | Nalagarh | None | Solan | 73,888 | Shimla |
52 | Doon | None | Solan | 52,466 | Shimla |
53 | Solan | SC | Solan | 70,764 | Shimla |
54 | Kasauli | SC | Solan | 56,296 | Shimla |
55 | Pachhad | SC | Sirmour | 61,605 | Shimla |
56 | Nahan | None | Sirmour | 65,821 | Shimla |
57 | Sri Renukaji | SC | Sirmour | 57,058 | Shimla |
58 | Paonta Sahib | None | Sirmour | 63,743 | Shimla |
59 | Shillai | None | Sirmour | 56,307 | Shimla |
60 | Chopal | None | Shimla | 64,056 | Shimla |
61 | Theog | None | Shimla | 72,997 | Shimla |
62 | Kasumpti | None | Shimla | 56,991 | Shimla |
63 | Shimla | None | Shimla | 48,263 | Shimla |
64 | Shimla Rural | None | Shimla | 66,858 | Shimla |
65 | Jubbal-Kotkhai | None | Shimla | 61,657 | Shimla |
66 | Rampur | SC | Shimla | 65,088 | Shimla |
67 | Rohru | SC | Shimla | 63,603 | Shimla |
68 | Kinnaur | ST | Kinnaur | 50,076 | Mandi |
Source:Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh[9][10]
Results
The results were declared on 20 December 2012. Congress defeated BJP and won outright majority by bagging 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 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.
Constituency | Const.No | Winner | Wining Party | Looser Candidate | Losing Party | Margin |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anni | 25 | KHUB RAM | Indian National Congress | KISHORI LAL | BJP | 1662 |
Arki | 50 | GOVIND RAM SHARMA | BJP | SANJAY | Congress | 2075 |
Baijnath | 20 | KISHORI LAL | Congress | MULKH RAJ | BJP | 6652 |
Balh | 34 | PRAKASH CHAUDHARY | Congress | INDER SINGH | BJP | 3116 |
Banjar | 24 | KARAN SINGH | Congress | KHIMI RAM | BJP | 9292 |
Barsar | 39 | INDER DUTT LAKHANPAL | Congress | BALDEV SHARMA | BJP | 2658 |
Bharmour | 2 | THAKUR SINGH BHARMOURI | Congress | JIA LAL | BJP | 3467 |
Bhattiyat | 5 | BIKRAM SINGH JARYAL | BJP | KULDEEP SINGH PATHANIA | Congress | 111 |
Bhoranj | 36 | ISHWAR DASS DHIMAN | BJP | RAMESH CHAND | Congress | 10415 |
Bilaspur | 48 | BUMBER THAKUR | Congress | SURESH CHANDEL | BJP | 5141 |
Chamba | 3 | B. K. CHAUHAN | BJP | PAWAN NAYYAR | Congress | 1934 |
Chintpurni | 41 | KULDIP KUMAR | Congress | BALBIR SINGH | BJP | 438 |
Chopal | 60 | BALBIR SINGH VERMA | Independent | DR SUBHASH CHAND MANGLATE | Congress | 647 |
Churah | 1 | HANS RAJ | BJP | SURINDER BHARDWAJ | Congress | 2211 |
Dalhousie | 4 | ASHA KUMARI | Congress | RENU | BJP | 7365 |
Darang | 30 | KAUL SINGH | Congress | JAWAHAR LAL | BJP | 2232 |
Dehra | 10 | RAVINDER SINGH | BJP | YOG RAJ | Independent | 15293 |
Dharampur | 32 | MAHENDER SINGH | BJP | CHANDER SHEKHAR | Congress | 1041 |
Dharamshala | 18 | SUDHIR SHARMA | Congress | KISHAN KAPOOR | BJP | 5000 |
Doon | 52 | RAM KUMAR | Congress | DARSHAN SINGH | Independent | 3830 |
Fatehpur | 8 | SUJAN SINGH PATHANIA | Congress | BALDEV THAKUR | BJP | 7217 |
Gagret | 42 | RAKESH KALIA | Congress | SUSHIL KUMAR KALIA | BJP | 4897 |
Ghumarwin | 47 | RAJESH DHARMANI | Congress | RAJINDER GARG | BJP | 3208 |
Hamirpur | 38 | PREM KUMAR DHUMAL | BJP | NARINDER THAKUR | Congress | 9302 |
Haroli | 43 | MUKESH AGNIHOTRI | Congress | PROF. RAM KUMAR | BJP | 5172 |
Indora | 7 | MANOHAR DHIMAN | Independent | KAMAL KISHOR | Congress | 7369 |
Jaisinghpur | 13 | YADVINDER GOMA | Congress | ATMA RAM | BJP | 9735 |
Jaswan-Pragpur | 11 | BIKRAM SINGH | BJP | NIKHIL RAJOUR | Congress | 6093 |
Jawalamukhi | 12 | SANJAY RATTAN | Congress | RAMESH CHAND | BJP | 4025 |
Jawali | 9 | NEERAJ BHARTI | Congress | ARJAN SINGH | BJP | 4434 |
Jhanduta | 46 | RIKHI RAM KONDAL | BJP | DR.BEERU RAM KISHORE | Congress | 1199 |
Jogindernagar | 31 | GULAB SINGH THAKUR | BJP | THAKUR SURENDER PAL | Congress | 5916 |
Jubbal-Kotkhai | 65 | ROHIT THAKUR | Congress | NARINDER BRAGTA | BJP | 9095 |
Kangra | 16 | PAWAN KAJAL | Independent | CHOUDHARY SURENDER KUMAR | Congress | 563 |
Karsog | 26 | MANSA RAM | Congress | HIRA LAL | BJP | 4332 |
Kasauli | 54 | RAJIV SAIZAL | BJP | VINOD SULTANPURI | Congress | 24 |
Kasumpti | 62 | ANIRUDH SINGH | Congress | PREM SINGH | BJP | 9886 |
Kinnaur | 68 | JAGAT SINGH NEGI | Congress | TEJWANT SINGH NEGI | BJP | 6288 |
Kullu | 23 | MAHESHWAR SINGH | Himachal Lokhit Party | RAM SINGH | BJP | 2985 |
Kutlehar | 45 | VIRENDER KANWAR | BJP | RAM DASS | Congress | 1692 |
Lahaul & Spiti | 21 | RAVI THAKUR | Congress | DR RAM LAL MARKANDA | BJP | 3696 |
Manali | 22 | GOVIND SINGH THAKUR | BJP | BHUVNESHWAR GAUR | Congress | 3198 |
Mandi | 33 | ANIL KUMAR | Congress | DURGA DUTT | BJP | 3930 |
Nachan | 28 | VINOD KUMAR | BJP | TEK CHAND DOGRA | Congress | 3031 |
Nadaun | 40 | VIJAY AGNIHOTRI | BJP | SUKHVINDER SINGH SUKHU | Congress | 6750 |
Nagrota | 15 | G.S. BALI | Congress | ARUN KUMAR | Independent | 2743 |
Nahan | 56 | RAJEEV BINDAL | BJP | KUSH PARMAR | Congress | 12824 |
Nalagarh | 51 | KRISHAN LAL THAKUR | BJP | LAKHVINDER SINGH RANA | Congress | 9308 |
Nurpur | 6 | AJAY MAHAJAN | Congress | RAKESH PATHANIA | Independent | 3367 |
Pachhad | 55 | SURESH KUMAR | BJP | GANGU RAM MUSAFIR | Congress | 2625 |
Palampur | 19 | BRIJ BEHARI LAL BUTAIL | Congress | PARVEEN KUMAR | BJP | 9029 |
Paonta Sahib | 58 | KIRNESH JUNG | Independent | SUKH RAM | BJP | 790 |
Rampur | 66 | NAND LAL | Congress | PREM SINGH DRAIK | BJP | 9471 |
Rohru | 67 | MOHAN LAL BRAKTA | Congress | BALAK RAM NEGI. | BJP | 28415 |
Sarkaghat | 35 | INDER SINGH | BJP | RANGILA RAM RAO | Congress | 2204 |
Seraj | 29 | JAI RAM THAKUR | BJP | TARA THAKUR | Congress | 5752 |
Shahpur | 17 | SARVEEN | BJP | VIJAI SINGH | Congress | 3123 |
Shillai | 59 | BALDEV SINGH TOMAR | BJP | HARSHWARDHAN CHAUHAN | Congress | 1918 |
Shimla | 63 | SURESH BHARDWAJ | BJP | HARISH | Congress | 628 |
Shimla Rural | 64 | VIRBHADRA SINGH | Congress | ISHWAR ROHAL | BJP | 20000 |
Solan | 53 | DHANI RAM SHANDIL | Congress | KUMARI SHEELA | BJP | 4472 |
Sri Naina Deviji | 49 | SH. RANDHIR SHARMA | BJP | RAM LAL THAKUR | Congress | 1385 |
Sri Renukaji | 57 | VINAY KUMAR | Congress | HIRDAYA RAM | BJP | 655 |
Sujanpur | 37 | RAJINDER SINGH | Independent | ANITA VERMA | Congress | 14166 |
Sullah | 14 | JAGJIWAN PAUL | Congress | VIPIN SINGH PARMAR | BJP | 4428 |
Sundernagar | 27 | SOHAN LAL | Congress | ROOP SINGH | Independent | 8990 |
Theog | 61 | VIDYA | Congress | RAKESH VERMA | BJP | 4276 |
Una | 44 | SAT PAL SINGH SATTI | Bharatiya Janata Party | SATPAL SINGH RAIZADA | Indian National Congress | 4746 |
Source:HimKesari-Blog[11]
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