Kangra Lok Sabha constituency

Kangra
HP-1
Kangra ; HP-1
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Kangra Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	17: Churah, Chamba, Dalhousie, Bhattiyat, Nurpur, Indora, Fatehpur, Jawali, Jawalamukhi, Jaisinghpur, Sullah, Nagrota, Kangra, Shahpur, Dharamshala, Palampur and Baijnath
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Rajeev Bhardwaj
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Kishan Kapoor

Kangra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India.^[1]^[2]

Assembly segments

Kangra Lok Sabha constituency presently comprised the following 17 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[2]

No	Name	District	Member
1	Churah (SC)	Chamba	Hans Raj	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Chamba		Niraj Nayyar	Indian National Congress
4	Dalhousie		Dhavinder Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Bhattiyat		Kuldeep Singh Pathania	Indian National Congress
6	Nurpur	Kangra	Ranbir Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
7	Indora (SC)		Malender Rajan	Indian National Congress
8	Fatehpur		Bhawani Singh Pathania	Indian National Congress
9	Jawali		Chander Kumar	Indian National Congress
12	Jawalamukhi		Sanjay Rattan	Indian National Congress
13	Jaisinghpur (SC)		Yadvinder Goma	Indian National Congress
14	Sullah		Vipin Singh Parmar	Bharatiya Janata Party
15	Nagrota		Raghubir Singh Bali	Indian National Congress
16	Kangra		Pawan Kumar Kajal	Bharatiya Janata Party
17	Shahpur		Kewal Singh Pathania	Indian National Congress
18	Dharamshala		Sudhir Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
19	Palampur		Ashish Butail	Indian National Congress
20	Baijnath (SC)		Kishori Lal	Indian National Congress

Members of Parliament

Year	Name^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
1952	Hem Raj	Indian National Congress
1957	Hem Raj
1957	Daljit Singh
1962	Hem Raj
1967	Hem Raj
1971	Vikram Chand Mahajan
1977	Kanwar Durga Chand	Janata Party
1980	Vikram Chand Mahajan	Indian National Congress
1984	Chandresh Kumari Katoch	Indian National Congress
1989	Shanta Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
1991	D. D. Khanoria	Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Sat Mahajan	Indian National Congress
1998	Shanta Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Shanta Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Chander Kumar	Indian National Congress
2009	Rajan Sushant	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Shanta Kumar
2019	Kishan Kapoor
2024	Rajeev Bhardwaj

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Kangra^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajeev Bhardwaj	632,793	61.03	10.09
	INC	Anand Sharma	3,80,898	36.74	12.15
	BSP	Rekha Chaudhary	7,753	0.75	0.13
	IND	Adv Sanjay Sharma	2,319	0.22	New
	IND	Dr Kehkar Singh	2,178	0.21	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,372	0.61	0.51
Majority			2,51,895	24.29	23.14
Turnout			10,36,868	70.55	7.03
	BJP hold		Swing	10.99

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kangra^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kishan Kapoor	725,218	72.02	14.96
	INC	Pawan Kajal	2,47,595	24.59	11.20
	BSP	Dr. Kehar Singh	8,866	0.88	0.14
	IND	Dr. Sanjiv Guleria	4,573	0.45	New
	IND	Prem Chand Vishwakarma	2,371	0.24	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	11,327	1.12	0.03
Majority			4,77,623	47.43	26.16
Turnout			10,06,989	70.55	7.03
	BJP hold		Swing	14.96

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kangra^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shanta Kumar	456,163	57.06	8.37
	INC	Chander Kumar	2,86,091	35.79	9.76
	AAP	Dr. Rajan Sushant	24,430	3.06	New
	BSP	Lal Hussain	5,949	0.74	1.19
	IND.	Bhupinder Mehra	5,585	0.70	0.70
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,704	1.09	1.09
Majority			1,70,072	21.27	18.13
Turnout			7,99,445	63.52	8.37
	BJP hold		Swing	8.37

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Kangra^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Dr. Rajan Sushant	322,254	48.69
	INC	Chander Kumar	3,01,475	45.55
	BSP	Col. Narinder Singh Pathania	12,745	1.93
	IND.	Roshan Lal	8,283	1.25
	LJP	Keshab	7,720	1.17
Majority			20,779	3.14
Turnout			6,61,847	55.15
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2004

Party		Candidate Name	Votes	Votes %
	INC	Chander Kumar	314,555	49.1%
	BJP	Shanta Kumar	296,764	46.3%
	BSP	Lt. Col. Shakti Chand Chaudhary (Retd.)	10,860	1.7%
	IND	Fakir Chand	10,594	1.7%
	SP	Roshan Rana	7,092	1.1%
	IND	Dhani Ram	3,312	0.5%
Majority			17,791	2.8%
Turnout			6,40,345	62.0%

General elections 1999

1999 Indian general elections: Kangra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Shanta Kumar	325,066	58.80%
	INC	Sat Mahajan	2,24,324	40.58%
Majority			1,00,742
Turnout			5,52,860	59.57%
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Kangra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Shanta Kumar	334,684	52.65%
	INC	Sat Mahajan	2,75,449	43.33%
Majority			59,235
Turnout			6,35,730	71.71%
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Kangra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sat Mahajan	263,817	49.64%
	BJP	Shanta Kumar	2,26,293	42.58%
Majority			37,524
Turnout			5,31,429	61.23%
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Kangra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	D. D. Khanoria	174,457	41.01%
	INC	Chandresh Kumari	1,63,641	38.46%
	JD	Suresh Chaudhary	75,905	17.84%
Majority			10,816
Turnout			4,25,434	55.83%
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Kangra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Shanta Kumar	235,147	46.33%
	INC	Chandresh Kumari	1,75,943	34.66%
	JD	Vijai Singh Mankotia	74,983	14.77%
Majority			59,204
Turnout			5,07,577	69.58%
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Kangra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Chandresh Kumari	232,287	62.45%
	BJP	Sarvan Kumar	1,14,854	30.88%
Majority			37,524
Turnout			3,71,954	67.09%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing

General elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Kangra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Vikram Chand Mahajan	148,946	45.25%
	JP	Sarvan Kumar Chaudhari	1,14,854	30.88%
	JP(S)	Kanwar Durga Chand	25,727	7.82%
Majority			30,930
Turnout			3,29,129	63.99%
	INC(I) gain from JP		Swing

General elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Kangra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JP	Kanwar Durga Chand	157,832	53.17%
	INC	Vikram Chand Mahajan	1,18,828	40.03%
	CPI	Bansi Ram	15,709	5.29%
Majority			39,004
Turnout			2,96,836	63.96%
	JP gain from INC		Swing

General elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Kangra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Vikram Chand Mahajan	111,276	65.97%
	ABJS	Sarvan Kumar Chaudhari	40,388	23.94%
	CPI	Paras Ram	11,249	6.67%
Majority			30,930
Turnout			1,68,680	42.57%
	INC hold		Swing

General elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Kangra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Hem Raj	44,262	33.03%
	ABJS	Sarvan Kumar Chaudhari	38,860	29.00%
	Independent	M. Ram	21,073	15.73%
Majority			5,402
Turnout			1,34,001	54.22%
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Result of H.P. of Lok Sabha Elections-2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ "General Election, 1977 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kangra". Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

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[delimitation2008-1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[ceo-2] "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Result of H.P. of Lok Sabha Elections-2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2010.

[election1977-3] "General Election, 1977 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

[election1999-4] "General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

[election2004-5] "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[election2009-6] "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[election2014-7] "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[election2019-8] "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Kangra-9] Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kangra". Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

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