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2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

State assembly election in India

Field	Value
election_name	2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
country	India
type	legislative
vote_type	Popular
ongoing	no
previous_election	2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
previous_year	2003
election_date	14 November and 19 December 2007
next_election	2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
next_year	2012
seats_for_election	68 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	35
registered
image_size	100px
party1	Bharatiya Janata Party
{{CSS image crop	Image	Prem Kumar Dhumal.jpg	bSize=100	cWidth=80	cHeight=100	oLeft=10	oTop=03}}
leader1	Prem Kumar Dhumal
leaders_seat1	Bamsan
seats1	41
seats_before1	16
popular_vote1	1,441,142
seat_change1	25
percentage1	43.78%
swing1	8.44%
party2	Indian National Congress
image2
leader2	Virbhadra Singh
leaders_seat2	Rohru
seats2	23
seats_before2	43
popular_vote2	1,280,480
seat_change2	20
percentage2	38.90%
swing2	2.1%
image3
leader3	Mayawati
leaders_seat3	Did not contest
party3	Bahujan Samaj Party
percentage3	7.26%
popular_vote3	238,959
seat_change3	1
seats3	1
swing3	6.7%
title	CM
before_party	Indian National Congress
before_election	Virbhadra Singh
after_party	Bharatiya Janata Party
after_election	Prem Kumar Dhumal

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in December 2007, to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Bharatiya Janata Party won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote, and Prem Kumar Dhumal was reappointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.

The number of constituencies were set as 68, as per the recommendations of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976.

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|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}}

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

Others

Party	flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bahujan Samaj Party	[[File:Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg	50px]]	[[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png	50x50px	centre]]	Mayawati

Results

Source:

[[File:India Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 2007.svg]]	Rank	Party	Seats
contested	Seats
won	% votes	Total	68
1		68	41	43.78
2		67	23	38.9
3		60	3	7.97
4		67	1	7.26

Elected members

Source:

Constituency	Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)	Member	Party	Vote	Runner-up Candidates Name	Party	vote
Kinnaur	ST	Tejwant Singh		17873	Jagat Singh Negi		15384
Rampur	SC	Nand Lal		26430	Brij Lal		19960
Rohru	None	Virbhadra Singh		30079	Khushi Ram Balnatah		15942
Jubbal-kotkhai	None	Narinder Bragta		23714	Rohit		20890
Chopal	None	Subhash Chand Manglate		20785	Radha Raman Shastri		16453
Kumarsain	None	Vidya Stokes		17375	Pramod Kumar Sharma		16125
Theog	None	Rakesh Verma		21907	Rajinder Singh		16623
Simla	None	Suresh Bhardwaj		12443	Sanjay Chauhan		9855
Kasumpti	SC	Sohan Lal		22931	Tarsem Bharti		15632
Arki	None	Gobind Ram		21168	Dharam Pal Thakur		14481
Doon	None	Vinod Kumari		22470	Ch. Lajja Ram		18974
Nalagarh	None	Hari Narayan Singh		28929	Lakhwinder Singh Rana(Papu)		25108
Kasauli	SC	Rajiv Saizal		21396	Raghu Raj		15022
Solan	None	Rajeev Bindal		23597	Kailash Prashar		19881
Pachhad	SC	Gangu Ram Musafir		25383	Suresh Kumar Kashyap		22674
Rainka	SC	Prem Singh		20756	Balbir Singh		17477
Shillai	None	Harshwardhan Chauhan		20247	Amar Singh Chauhan		16783
Paonta Doon	None	Sukh Ram		29322	Kirnesh Jung		24460
Nahan	None	Kush Parmar		15714	Shyama Sharma		14968
Kot-kehloor	None	Randhir Sharma		26828	Thakur Ram Lal		21874
Bilaspur	None	Jagat Prakash Nadda		24634	Bamber Thakur		13453
Ghumarwin	None	Rajesh Dharmani		24194	Karam Dev Dharmani		22263
Geharwin	SC	Rikhi Ram Kaundal		24411	Beeru Ram Kishore		19777
Nadaun	None	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu		17727	Vijay Agnihotri		17141
Hamirpur	None	Urmil Thakur		26378	Anita K Verma		19417
Bamsan	None	Prem Kumar Dhumal		35054	Col. Bidhi Chand		9047
Mewa	SC	Ishwar Dass Dhiman		24421	Suresh Kumar		14046
Nadaunta	None	Baldev Sharma		25634	Vidya Kumari Jar		10070
Gagret	SC	Balbir Singh		23914	Kuldeep Kumar		20843
Chintpurni	None	Rakesh Kalia		26737	Narender Sharma		10602
Santokgarh	None	Mukesh Agnihotri		31267	Jagroop Singh		24643
Una	None	Satpal Singh 'satti'		33050	Virender Gautam		21198
Kutlehar	None	Virender Kanwar		24677	Ram Nath Sharma		17734
Nurpur	None	Rakesh Pathania		29128	Ajay Mahajan		24963
Gangath	SC	Des Raj		24520	Anita Kumari		23830
Jawali	None	Rajan Sushant		26729	Sujan Singh Pathania		21548
Guler	None	Neeraj Bharti		21500	Harbans Singh		17499
Jaswan	None	Nikhil Rajour (manu Sharma)		17692	Bikram Singh		17574
Pragpur	SC	Yog Raj		21253	Naveen Dhiman		20911
Jawalamukhi	None	Ramesh Chand		22562	Sanjay Rattan		17798
Thural	None	Ravinder Singh		18512	Jagdish Chand Sapehia		11833
Rajgir	SC	Atma Ram		18829	Dr. Milkhi Ram Goma		17611
Baijnath	None	Sudhir Sharma		19921	Dulo Ram		16666
Palampur	None	Parveen Kumar		25121	Brij Behari Lal Butail		22533
Sulah	None	Vipin Singh Parmar		19375	Jagjiwan Paul		18376
Nagrota	None	G. S. Bali		28381	Mangal Singh Chaudhary		22630
Shahpur	None	Sarveen Choudhary		25174	Onkar Singh		16143
Dharamsala	None	Kishan Kapoor		20362	Chandresh Kumari		12746
Kangra	None	Sanjay Chaudhary		19017	Chaudhary Surender Kaku		17708
Bhattiyat	None	Kuldeep Singh Pathania		16746	Bhupinder Singh Chauhan		16421
Banikhet	None	Renu Chadha		28310	Asha Kumari		26245
Rajnagar	SC	Surinder Bhardwaj		23596	Mohan Lal		21774
Chamba	None	Bal Krishan Chauhan		26705	Pawan Nayyar		18048
Bharmour	ST	Tulsi Ram		18420	Thakar Singh		18404
Lahaul And Spiti	ST	Dr. Ram Lal Markanda		9117	Phunchog Rai		6951
Kulu	None	Govind Singh Thakur		28925	Dharamvir Dhami		23892
Banjar	None	Khimi Ram		25037	Satya Parkash Thakur		24805
Ani	SC	Kishori Lal		27341	Ishwar Dass		25892
Karsog	SC	Hira Lal		19609	Mansa Ram		14082
Chachiot	None	Jai Ram Thakur		27102	Shiv Lal		23917
Nachan	SC	Dile Ram		29228	Tek Chand Dogra		21640
Sundernagar	None	Roop Singh		19056	Sohan Lal Thakur		16698
Balh	SC	Prakash Chaudhary		24941	Damodar Dass		22653
Gopalpur	None	Inder Singh		28898	Rangila Ram Rao		21350
Dharampur	None	Mahender Singh		23090	Chander Shekhar		13252
Joginder Nagar	None	Gulab Singh		26926	Thakur Surender Paul		19923
Darang	None	Kaul Singh		29898	Jawahar Lal Thakur		28089
Mandi	None	Anil Kumar		22808	Durga Datt		20064

References

Sujay Mehdudia. (31 December 2007). "Dhumal sworn in Chief Minister". [[The Hindu]].
"Hon'ble Chief Minister - Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal". Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
(1 December 1976). "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". [[Election Commission of India]].
"Himachal Pradesh 2007". [[Election Commission of India]].

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