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1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Indian state legislative election

Field	Value
election_name	1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
country	India
type	legislative
vote_type	Popular
ongoing	no
previous_election	1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
previous_year	1985
election_date	27 February 1990
next_election	1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
next_year	1993
seats_for_election	67 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	34
registered
turnout	67.76%
image_size	100px
party1	Bharatiya Janata Party
image1	Shanta Kumar.jpg
leader1	Shanta Kumar
seats1	46
seats_before1	7
popular_vote1	858,518
percentage1	41.78%
seat_change1	39
swing1	5.91%
party2	Janata Dal
image2	Janata Dal symbol.svg
seats2	11
seats_before2	New
popular_vote2	222,542
percentage2	10.83%
seat_change2	New
swing2	New
party3	Indian National Congress
image3	Virbhadra Singh HP.jpg
leader3	Virbhadra Singh
seats3	9
seats_before3	58
popular_vote3	750,885
percentage3	36.54%
seat_change3	49
swing3	19.32%
title	CM
before_party	Indian National Congress
before_election	Virbhadra Singh
after_party	Bharatiya Janata Party
after_election	Shanta Kumar

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in February 1990 to elect members of 67 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Bharatiya Janata Party won the popular vote and a majority of seats and its leader, Shanta Kumar was appointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for his second term. The number of constituencies was set as 68 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.

Results

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)	Member	Party	Vote	Runner-up Candidates Name	Party	vote
Kinnaur	ST	Thakur Sen Negi		17653	Gopi Chand Negi		11187
Rampur	SC	Singhi Ram		18777	Ninzoo Ram		6921
Rohru	None	Virbhadra Singh		27602	Satya Dev Bushehari		2976
Jubbal-kotkhai	None	Ram Lal		16209	Virbhadra Singh		14723
Chopal	None	Radha Raman Shastri		17124	Yogendra Chandra		7027
Kumarsain	None	Bhagat Ram Chauhan		16078	Jai Bihari Lal Khachi		13892
Theog	None	Vidya Stokes		15586	Keshav Ram Kashyap		14782
Simla	None	Suresh Bharadwaj		12701	Rakesh Singha		6857
Kasumpti	SC	Roop Dass Kashyap		20770	Shonkia Ram Kashyap		7493
Arki	None	Nagin Chander Pal		15350	Amar Chand Pal		4352
Doon	None	Chaudhary Lajja Ram		13974	Lekh Ram		6485
Nalagarh	None	Vijayandra Singh		19774	Kehar Singh		13428
Kasauli	SC	Satya Pal Kamboj		11333	Raghu Raj		7301
Solan	None	Mahender Nath Sofat		11882	Gian Chand		9147
Pachhad	SC	Ganguram Musafir		17006	Kali Dass		11835
Rainka	SC	Roop Singh		13836	Prem Singh		11147
Shillai	None	Jagat Singh Negi		13375	Harshvardhan Singh Chauhan		9907
Paonta Doon	None	Fateh Singh		19750	Kush Parmar		13854
Nahan	None	Shyama Sharma		15810	Ajay Bahadur Singh		8516
Kotkehloor	None	Krishan Kumar Kaushal		18437	Ramlal Thakur		12846
Bilaspur	None	Sadaram Thakur		18309	Shiv Ram		10547
Ghumarwin	None	Karamdev Dharmani		16336	Kashmir Singh		10843
Geharwin	SC	Rikhi Ram Kondal		15784	Beeru Ram Kisore		12833
Nadaun	None	Narain Chand Prashar		12198	Babu Ram Mandial		9860
Hamirpur	None	Jagdev Chand		18554	Anita Verma		9667
Bamsan	None	Lashkari Ram		16450	Karam Singh		7131
Mewa	SC	Ishwar Dass		20832	Dharam Singh		8908
Nadaunta	None	Ram Rattan Sharma		19626	Manjit Singh		11536
Gagret	SC	Sadhu Ram		17815	Kuldip Kumar		10351
Chintpurni	None	Sushma Sharma		13619	Hari Dutt Sharma		10718
Santokgarh	None	Kashmiri Lal Joshi		21240	Vijay Kumar Joshi		12451
Una	None	Desraj		22585	Virender Gautam		14759
Kutlehar	None	Ranjit Singh		15994	Ram Nath Sharma		11988
Nurpur	None	Kewal Singh		21879	Sat Mahajan		18436
Gangath	SC	Des Raj		20944	Girdhari Lal		7345
Jawali	None	Sujan Singh Pathania		19508	Rajan Sushant		17787
Guler	None	Harbans Singh Rana		15140	Chander Kumar		12099
Jaswan	None	Kashmir Singh Rana		14155	Viplove Thakur		11036
Pragpur	SC	Virender Kumar		20197	Yog Raj		11359
Jawalamukhi	None	Dhani Ram		19152	Sushil Chand Rattan		7037
Thural	None	Kanwar Durga Chand		12626	Aditya Dev Chand		5730
Rajgir	SC	Atma Ram		13517	Milkh Ram Goma		7861
Baijnath	None	Dulo Ram		16371	Sant Ram		12576
Palampur	None	Shanta Kumar		18012	Brij Bihari Lal		12050
Sulah	None	Shanta Kumar		14930	Man Chand Rana		10664
Nagrota	None	Ram Chand Bhatia		17346	Hardyal		12489
Shahpur	None	Vijai Singh Mankotia		17130	Ajit Pal		12677
Dharamsala	None	Kishan Chand		18666	Mool Raj Padha		5003
Kangra	None	Vidya Sagar		24729	Hari Krishan Chand		7899
Bhattiyat	None	Shiv Kumar		15620	Kuldip Singh		8589
Banikhet	None	Gandharv Singh		11962	Asha Kumari		10464
Rajnagar	SC	Mohan Lal		17127	Nand Kumar		9549
Chamba	None	Kishori Lal		17938	Sagar Chand		12189
Bharmour	ST	Tulsi Ram		15727	Thakur Singh		8106
Lahaul And Spiti	ST	Phunchog Rai		6533	Hishe Dogia		5082
Banjar	None	Karan Singh		22084	Satya Prakash Thakur		16948
Ani	SC	Khub Ram		22407	Diwan Singh		9569
Karsog	SC	Joginder Pal		15855	Mansa Ram		3995
Chachiot	None	Moti Ram		12654	Vir Singh		7072
Nachan	SC	Dile Ram		16334	Tek Chand		11858
Sundernagar	None	Roop Singh		15778	Sher Singh		8641
Balh	SC	Damodar Dass		24088	Piru Ram		10900
Gopalpur	None	Leela		17021	Rangila Ram		16581
Dharampur	None	Mahender Singh		11970	Priya Brat		8248
Joginder Nagar	None	Gulab Singh		15924	Rattan Lal		11571
Darang	None	Dina Nath		18980	Kaul Singh		15699
Mandi	None	Kanhaiya Lal		19732	Durga Dutt Thakur		10842

References

Bipin Bhardwaj. (24 March 2019). "After Advani, roads closed for veteran BJP leader Shanta Kumar too, party hunts for new face in Himachal".
"Biographical Sketch of Member of 13th Lok Sabha".
"DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". [[Election Commission of India]].
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". [[Election Commission of India]].

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