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1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Indian state legislative election

Field	Value
election_name	1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
country	India
type	legislative
vote_type	Popular
ongoing	no
previous_election	1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
previous_year	1990
election_date	11 September 1993
next_election	1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
next_year	1998
seats_for_election	All 68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	35
registered
turnout	71.50%
party1	Indian National Congress
image1
leader1	Virbhadra Singh
seats1	52
seats_before1	9
popular_vote1	1,135,203
percentage1	48.82%
seat_change1	43
swing1	12.28%
party2	Bharatiya Janata Party
image2
leader2	J. P. Nadda
seats2	8
seats_before2	46
popular_vote2	840,233
percentage2	36.13%
seat_change2	38
swing2	5.65%
title	CM
before_election	President's rule
after_party	Indian National Congress
after_election	Virbhadra Singh

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in September 1993 to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and its leader, Virbhadra Singh 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.

The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The present strength of the Vidhan Sabha is 68.

Parties and alliances

{{legend2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party	[[File:BJP flag.svg	50px]]	[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg	50px]]	J. P. Nadda

{{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|[[Indian National Congress]]}}

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress	[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg	50px]]	[[File:Hand INC.svg	50px]]	Virbhadra Singh

Result

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)	Member	Party	Vote	Runner-up Candidates Name	Party	vote
Kinnaur	ST	Dev Raj Negi		13746	Thakur Sen Negi		12864
Rampur	SC	Singhi Ram		24116	Ninzoo Ram		9638
Rohru	None	Virbhadra Singh		26976	Khushi Ram Balnath		7030
Jubbal-kotkhai	None	Ram Lal		21745	Rajpal Singh Chauhan		4922
Chopal	None	Yogendra Chandra		16796	Kanwar Uday Singh		6490
Kumarsain	None	Jai Bihari Lal Khachi		21612	Bhagat Ram Chauhan		10987
Theog	None	Rakesh Verma		18088	Vidya Stokes		16684
Simla	None	Rakesh Singha		11854	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji		11695
Kasumpti	SC	Charanjiv Lal Kashyap		20688	Roup Dass Kashyap		14455
Arki	None	Dharam Pal		17077	Nagin Chander Pal		11350
Doon	None	Lajja Ram		14622	Ram Partap Chandel		14059
Nalagarh	None	Vijyendra Singh		17969	Kehar Singh		12273
Kasauli	SC	Raghu Raj		16750	Virender Kashyap		10956
Solan	None	Krishna Mohini		23177	Mohinder Nath Sofat		11583
Pachhad	SC	Gangu Ram Musafir		19021	Ram Parkash		12649
Rainka	SC	Prem Singh		15500	Mohan Lal Azad		11786
Shillai	None	Harsh Vardhan		19092	Jagat Singh Negi		12254
Paonta Doon	None	Rattan Singh		21238	Fateh Singh		15648
Nahan	None	Kush Parmar		15922	Shyam Sharma		9070
Kotkehloor	None	Ram Lal Thakur		18985	Krishan Kumar Kaushal		10245
Bilaspur	None	Jagat Prakash Nadda		17500	Babu Ram Gautam		15274
Ghumarwin	None	Kashmir Singh		20603	Karam Dev Dharmani		15019
Geharwin	SC	Beeru Ram Kishore		20604	Kondal Rihi Ram		13304
Nadaun	None	Narain Chand Prashar		15571	Raghubir Singh		14506
Hamirpur	None	Jagdev Chand		17559	Anita Verma		16413
Bamsan	None	Kuldeep Singh Pathania		13657	Lashkari Ram		13442
Mewa	SC	Ishwar Dass Dhiman		17134	Neeraj Kumar		16687
Nadaunta	None	Manjit Singh		11821	Ram Rattan Sharma		11650
Gagret	SC	Kuldeep Kumar		18059	Sadhu Ram		10871
Chintpurni	None	Hari Datt		14060	Ganesh Datt Bharwal		8247
Santokgarh	None	Vijay Kumar Joshi		13292	Kashmiri Lal Joshi		10061
Una	None	O.p. Rattan		14014	Virender Gautam		13212
Kutlehar	None	Ram Dass Malangar		14846	Ram Nath Sharma		13874
Nurpur	None	Sat Mahajan		28961	Megh Raj Awasthi		13870
Gangath	SC	Durga Dass		16036	Des Raj		13448
Jawali	None	Sujan Singh Pathania		19409	Rajan Sushant		17773
Guler	None	Chander Kumar		19051	Harbans Rana		10308
Jaswan	None	Viplove Thakur		16283	Kashmir Singh Rana		8523
Pragpur	SC	Virender Kumar		13685	Yog Raj		11968
Jawalamukhi	None	Kewal Singh		16558	Dhani Ram		13569
Thural	None	Ravinder Singh Ravi		13685	Kanwar Durga Chand		12764
Rajgir	SC	Milkhi Ram Goma		16035	Atma Ram		11090
Baijnath	None	Sant Ram		18276	Dulo Ram		13477
Palampur	None	Brij Bihari Lal		21212	Shiv Kumar		14702
Sulah	None	Man Chand Rana		16745	Shanta Kumar		13478
Nagrota	None	Hardyal Choudhary		19085	Chaudhary Ram Chand		10366
Shahpur	None	Vijay Singh Mankotia		17972	Sarveen Choudhary		16691
Dharamsala	None	Kishan Kapoor		11950	Chandresh Kumari		11533
Kangra	None	Daulat Ram		20658	Vidya Sagar		14342
Bhattiyat	None	Kuldeep Singh		13595	Brij Lal		8681
Banikhet	None	Asha Kumari		19079	Gandharv Singh		13673
Rajnagar	SC	Vidhya Dhar		18563	Mohan Lal		13919
Chamba	None	Harsh Mahajan		20435	Kishori Lal		13585
Bharmour	ST	Thakar Singh		10225	Tulshi Ram		8948
Lahaul And Spiti	ST	Phunchog Rai		6509	Hishe Dogia		5067
Kulu	None	Raj Krishan Gour		29077	Kunj Lal		20423
Banjar	None	Satya Parkash Thakur		24539	Karan Singh		22518
Ani	SC	Ishwar Dass		20436	Tej Ram		18320
Karsog	SC	Mast Ram		19371	Joginder Pal		9144
Chachiot	None	Moti Ram		9944	Jai Ram		7993
Nachan	SC	Tek Chand		20120	Dile Ram		12814
Sundernagar	None	Sher Singh		16380	Roop Singh		10843
Balh	SC	Nek Ram		19050	Damodar Dass		14860
Gopalpur	None	Rangila Ram Rao		25960	Randhir Singh Chamdel		12552
Dharampur	None	Mahender Singh		20065	Preay Brat		11737
Joginder Nagar	None	Gulab Singh		18412	Ganga Ram Jamwal		11070
Darang	None	Kaul Singh		22482	Dina Nath		15848
Mandi	None	Anil Sharma		23134	Kanhaiya Lal		10712

By-elections

Shri Adarsh Kumar Sood was elected in a by-election caused by the unseating of the sitting Member Shri Rakesh Singha from Shimla.
Smt. Anita Verma was elected in a by-election caused at the demise of Shri Jagdev Chand who died immediately after the declaration of results.
Shri Durga Chand was elected in a by-election in 1995 from Sulah at the death of Shri Man Chand Rana.
Shri Jagat Singh Negi was elected in a by-election in 1995 at the death of the sitting MLA Shri Dev Raj Negi.
Shri Ranjeet Singh Bakshi was elected in October, 1996 in a by-election. The vacancy was caused due to the election of the then sitting Member Shri Sat Mahajan to Lok Sabha.

References

"Assembly Members - Eighth Legislative Assembly".
(8 July 2021). "Virbhadra Singh: Congress leader who had special place in hearts of Himachalis". [[The New Indian Express]].
"DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". [[Election Commission of India]].
"Himachal Legislative Assembly".
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". [[Election Commission of India]].

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