Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
14th Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Seats68
Elections
First past the post
Last election
November 2022
Next election
November 2027
Meeting place
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India[1]
Website
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituencies of Himachal Pradesh

The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.[2] The present strength of the Vidhan Sabha is 68. The Assembly building is located in Annadale in the state's summer capital of Shimla.

List of constituencies

Following is the list of the constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha since the delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies in 2008. There are 17 constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes candidates, and 3 constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Tribes candidates:[3]

District[4] No. Name Electors
(in 2022)[5]		 Lok Sabha
constituency
Chamba 1Churah (SC) 75,468Kangra
2Bharmour (ST) 76,046Mandi
3Chamba 81,594Kangra
4Dalhousie 73,071
5Bhattiyat 78,980
Kangra 6Nurpur 91,269
7Indora (SC) 91,569
8Fatehpur 87,913
9Jawali 99,572
10Dehra 83,629Hamirpur
11Jaswan-Pragpur 77,991
12Jawalamukhi 78,144Kangra
13Jaisinghpur (SC) 84,018
14Sullah 1,03,905
15Nagrota 88,867
16Kangra 81,583
17Shahpur 87,723
18Dharamshala 81,516
19Palampur 75,481
20Baijnath (SC) 89,135
Lahaul and Spiti 21Lahaul and Spiti (ST) 24,876Mandi
Kullu 22Manali 73,488
23Kullu 89,600
24Banjar 73,094
25Anni (SC) 85,643
Mandi 26Karsog (SC) 74,909
27Sundernagar 81,164
28Nachan (SC) 86,208
29Seraj 81,843
30Darang 89,086
31Jogindernagar 98,341
32Dharampur 79,958Hamirpur
33Mandi 76,957Mandi
34Balh (SC) 79,587
35Sarkaghat 90,837
Hamirpur 36Bhoranj (SC) 81,134Hamirpur
37Sujanpur 73,922
38Hamirpur 74,861
39Barsar 86,273
40Nadaun 93,107
Una 41Chintpurni (SC) 82,686
42Gagret 82,774
43Haroli 86,273
44Una 85,254
45Kutlehar 85,163
Bilaspur 46Jhanduta (SC) 79,577
47Ghumarwin 88,527
48Bilaspur 83,025
49Sri Naina Deviji 74,244
Solan 50Arki 93,852Shimla
51Nalagarh 89,828
52Doon 68,266
53Solan (SC) 85,238
54Kasauli (SC) 67,434
Sirmaur 55Pachhad (SC) 76,475
56Nahan 83,561
57Sri Renukaji (SC) 72,961
58Paonta Sahib 82,487
59Shillai 74,831
Shimla 60Chopal 79,109
61Theog 83,275
62Kasumpti 65,713
63Shimla 48,071
64Shimla Rural 76,267
65Jubbal-Kotkhai 71,566
66Rampur (SC) 74,838Mandi
67Rohru (SC) 73,580Shimla
Kinnaur 68Kinnaur (ST) 58836Mandi

Defunct Assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh

Sr. No. Assembly Constituencies Year of Defunct
1 Bamsan 2008
2 Guler 2008
3 Banikhet 2008
4 Chachiot 2008
5 Kumarsain 2008
6 Thural 2008
7 Mewa 2008
8 Rajnagar 2008
9 Paonta Doon 2008
10 Gangath 2008
11 Jaswan 2008
12 Pragpur 2008

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Himachal Pradesh Cabinet to discuss venue of upcoming Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly's session". theindianexpress.com.
  2. ↑ Himachal Legislative Assembly
  3. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 6, 158–164.
  4. ↑ "Assembly constituencies - Himachal Pradesh". Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Election Department, Himachal Pradesh". himachal.nic.in. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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