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2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Indian state legislative election

Field	Value
election_name	2003 Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election
country	India
type	Legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
previous_year	1998
next_election	2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
next_year	2007
seats_for_election	All 68 assembly constituencies
election_date	26 February 2003
turnout	73.51%
image1
leader1	Virbhadra Singh
party1	Indian National Congress
leaders_seat1	Rohru
seats_before1	31
seats1	43
seat_change1	12
popular_vote1	1,447,319
percentage1	41%
swing1	2.51%
{{CSS image crop	Image	Prem Kumar Dhumal.jpg	bSize=100	cWidth=80	cHeight=100	oLeft=10	oTop=03}}
leader2	Prem Kumar Dhumal
party2	Bharatiya Janata Party
leaders_seat2	Bamsan
seats_before2	31
seats2	16
seat_change2	15
popular_vote2	1,300,756
percentage2	35.38%
swing2	3.62%
title	Chief Minister
before_election	Prem Kumar Dhumal
after_election	Virbhadra Singh
before_party	Bharatiya Janata Party
after_party	Indian National Congress
majority_seats	35

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh in 2003.

Parties and alliances

{{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|[[National Democratic Alliance]]}}

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party	[[File:BJP flag.svg	50px]]	[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg	50px]]	Prem Kumar Dhumal

{{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

Others

flag	Symbol	Leader
Himachal Vikas Congress	[[File:Blank.svg	50px]]	Anil Sharma
Lok Janshakti Party	[[File:Lok Janshakti Party Flag.svg	50px]]	Ram Vilas Paswan
Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh	[[File:Blank.svg	50px]]	Mohinder Singh

Results

[[File:India Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 2003.svg]]	Rank	Party	Seats
contested	Seats
won	% votes	Total	68
1		68	43	41
2		68	16	35.38
3		68	6	12.60
4		49	1	5.87
5		27	1	1
6		14	1	2.17

Source: ECI

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)	Member	Party	Vote	Runner-up Candidates Name	Party	vote
Kinnaur	ST	Jagat Singh		19052	Tejwant Singh		11646
Rampur	SC	Singhi Ram		27757	Brij Lal		10510
Rohru	None	Virbhadra Singh		32617	Khushi Ram Balnahta		15328
Jubbal-kotkhai	None	Rohit Thakur		21884	Narinder Singh		15040
Chopal	None	Subhash Chand		10910	Yogendra Chandra		8339
Kumarsain	None	Vidya Stokes		17600	Parmod Kumar Sharma		13329
Theog	None	Rakesh Verma		19869	Rajinder Verma		16510
Simla	None	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji		12060	Sanjay Chauhan		9949
Kasumpti	SC	Sohan Lal		16972	Roop Dass Kashyap		13487
Arki	None	Dharam Pal Thakur		15933	Govind Ram Sharma		14890
Doon	None	Lajja Ram		17297	Vinod Kumari		14877
Nalagarh	None	Hari Naraian Singh		22892	Sukriti Kumari		19809
Kasauli	SC	Raghu Raj		17886	Virender Kashyap		14127
Solan	None	Dr. Rajeev Bindal		15332	Mohinder Nath Sofat		13973
Pachhad	SC	Gangu Ram Musafir		21671	Ram Prakash		20385
Rainka	SC	Dr. Prem Singh		19948	Balbir Singh		13614
Shillai	None	Harsh Wardhan		17326	Jagat Singh		9902
Paonta Doon	None	Sukh Ram		22647	Kirnesh Jung		16785
Nahan	None	Sadanand Chauhan		14551	Kush Parmar		13360
Kot-kehloor	None	Thakur Ram Lal		19509	Randheer Kumar		16507
Bilaspur	None	Tilak Raj		22868	Jagat Prakash Nadda		20142
Ghumarwin	None	Karam Dev Dharmani		20609	Kashmir Singh		17202
Geharwin	SC	Dr. Beeru Ram Kishore		21512	Rikhi Ram Kondal		19958
Nadaun	None	Sukhvinder Singh		14379	Prabhat Chand		9794
Hamirpur	None	Anita Verma		20749	Urmil Thakur		13884
Bamsan	None	Prem Kumar Dhumal		29325	Kuldeep Singh Pathania		13627
Mewa	SC	Ishwar Dass Dhiman		22778	Suresh Kumar		21449
Nadaunta	None	Baldev Sharma		23796	Vidya Kumari		11235
Gagret	SC	Kuldeep Kumar		23297	Balbir Singh		16119
Chintpurni	None	Rakesh Kalia		26581	Praveen Sharma		15640
Santokgarh	None	Mukesh Agnihotri		16360	Jagroop Singh		11336
Una	None	Satpal Singh Satti		27651	Virender Gautam		27600
Kutlehar	None	Virender Kumar		12380	Saroj Thakur		8464
Nurpur	None	Sat Mahajan		32049	Rakesh Pathania		22450
Gangath	SC	Bodh Raj		24499	Des Raj		22220
Jawali	None	Sujan Singh		27147	Rajan Sushant		21314
Guler	None	Chander Kumar		21936	Harbans Singh		16002
Jaswan	None	Bikram Singh		17180	Viplove Thakur		14994
Pragpur	SC	Naveen Dhiman		16585	Yog Raj		12359
Jawalamukhi	None	Ramesh Chand		22459	Sanjay Rattan		8730
Thural	None	Ravinder Singh		19278	Jagdish Chand Sepehia		16467
Rajgir	SC	Atma Ram		15018	Dr.Milkhi Ram Goma		13763
Baijnath	None	Sudhir Sharma		22371	Dulo Ram		16132
Palampur	None	Brij Behari Lal		24333	Parveen Kumar		17090
Sulah	None	Jagjiwan Paul		23851	Bipan Singh Parmar		12921
Nagrota	None	G.s. Bali		27925	Ch.Ram Chand Bhatia		17531
Shahpur	None	Major Vijay Singh Mankotia		24572	Sarveen Chaudhary		20276
Dharamsala	None	Chandresh Kumari		22181	Kishan Kapoor		17063
Kangra	None	Surinder Kumar		18836	Rattan Lal Jagtamba		13803
Bhattiyat	None	Kuldip Singh Pathania		13948	Bhupinder Singh Chauhan		11722
Banikhet	None	Asha Kumari		24348	Renu Chadha		23488
Rajnagar	SC	Surinder Bhardwaj		20613	Mohan Lal		17301
Chamba	None	Harsh Mahajan		21829	B.K.Chauhan		19642
Bharmour	ST	Thakar Singh		21869	Tulsi Ram		12177
Lahaul And Spiti	ST	Raghbir Singh		9458	Dr.Ram Lal Markanda		4690
Kulu	None	Raj Krishan Gour		21547	Govind Singh Thakur		14277
Banjar	None	Khimi Ram		30842	Satya Parkash Thakur		26300
Ani	SC	Ishwar Dass		22978	Tej Ram		15385
Karsog	SC	Mast Ram		19124	Joginder Pal		13213
Chachiot	None	Jai Ram Thakur		21040	Shiv Lal		13452
Nachan	SC	Tek Chand		17479	Dile Ram		15869
Sundernagar	None	Sohan Lal Thakur		20248	Roop Singh		15610
Balh	SC	Damodar Dass		18392	Prakash Chaudhary		18204
Gopalpur	None	Rangila Ram Rao		20959	Col.Inder Singh		18440
Dharampur	None	Mohinder Singh		16854	Karamvir		12944
Joginder Nagar	None	Surender Pal		24518	Gulab Singh		17981
Darang	None	Kaul Singh		27508	Ramesh Chand		20668
Mandi	None	Sukh Ram		23816	Durga Dutt		11426

References

"STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2003 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH".

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