Baijnath Assembly constituency

Baijnath
Baijnath
Constituency for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
LS constituency	Kangra
Established	1967
Total electors	91,352
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Kishori Lal
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Baijnath Assembly constituency is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Himachal Pradesh, a northern state of India, is known for its beauty and serene and Religious persona. Baijnath, which is named after Jyotirlinga of Vaidyanath, is also part of the Kangra Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1967	Bansi Ram	Communist Party of India
1972	Sant Ram	Indian National Congress
1977
1982
1985
1990	Dulo Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Sant Ram	Indian National Congress
1998^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Dulo Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Sant Ram	Indian National Congress
2003	Sudhir Sharma
2007	Sudhir Sharma
2012	Kishori Lal
2017	Mulkh Raj^[5]	Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Kishori Lal^[1]	Indian National Congress

↑ By-election

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Baijnath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kishori Lal	29,338	50.32%	14.25
	BJP	Mulkh Raj Premi	25,892	44.41%	15.18
	AAP	Parmodh Chand	1,109	1.90%	New
	NOTA	Nota	669	1.15%	0.08
	BSP	Ajay Kumar	536	0.92%	0.03
	Independent	Gurdas Ram	531	0.91%	New
	Swabhiman Party	Vishesh Verma	226	0.39%	New
Margin of victory			3,446	5.91%	17.61
Turnout			58,301	63.82%	3.38
Registered electors			91,352		13.96
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	9.27

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Baijnath^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mulkh Raj	32,102	59.59%	27.66
	INC	Kishori Lal	19,433	36.07%	9.81
	NOTA	None of the Above	577	1.07%	New
	BSP	Ramesh Chand	510	0.95%	0.19
	Independent	Bir Singh	331	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			12,669	23.52%	9.57
Turnout			53,869	67.20%	3.90
Registered electors			80,160		6.42
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	13.71

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Baijnath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kishori Lal	21,878	45.88%	1.49
	BJP	Mulkh Raj	15,226	31.93%	5.21
	HLC	Udho Ram	7,049	14.78%	New
	Independent	Tilak Raj	1,862	3.91%	New
	Himachal Swabhiman Party	Om Prakash	676	1.42%	New
	BSP	Shashi Pal	359	0.75%	8.45
	LJP	Ashok Kumar	295	0.62%	New
	NCP	Vijay Kumar	274	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			6,652	13.95%	6.70
Turnout			47,681	63.30%	6.18
Registered electors			75,322		16.63
	INC hold		Swing	1.49

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Baijnath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sudhir Sharma	19,921	44.40%	9.50
	BJP	Dulo Ram	16,666	37.14%	1.72
	BSP	Suresh Kumar	4,131	9.21%	7.48
	Independent	Dhani Ram Thakur	2,870	6.40%	New
	Independent	Akshay Jasrotia	612	1.36%	New
	Independent	Vyas Dev Mehra	443	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			3,255	7.25%	7.78
Turnout			44,871	69.48%	2.55
Registered electors			64,582		12.08
	INC hold		Swing	9.50

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Baijnath^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sudhir Sharma	22,371	53.90%	14.99
	BJP	Dulo Ram	16,132	38.87%	18.94
	BSP	Kashmir Singh	715	1.72%	0.03
	LJP	Baba Dhuni Nath Ji	557	1.34%	New
	HVC	Rajesh Kumar	508	1.22%	New
	LHMP	Meda Ram	421	1.01%	New
	Independent	Milap Chand	421	1.01%	New
	CPI	Jagdish Chand	221	0.53%	0.36
Margin of victory			6,239	15.03%	3.87
Turnout			41,507	72.09%	6.07
Registered electors			57,622		4.17
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	3.91

Assembly By-election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election : Baijnath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dulo Ram	21,092	57.80%	16.48
	INC	Sudhir Sharma	14,195	38.90%	4.94
	BSP	Udho Ram	619	1.70%	New
	CPI	Jagdish Chand	327	0.90%	New
Margin of victory			6,897	18.90%	16.38
Turnout			36,489	66.37%	0.30
Registered electors			55,318		2.46
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	13.96

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Baijnath^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sant Ram	15,684	43.84%	11.30
	BJP	Dulo Ram	14,782	41.32%	0.66
	HVC	Kishori Lal	4,911	13.73%	New
Margin of victory			902	2.52%	11.96
Turnout			35,774	67.09%	6.50
Registered electors			53,992		2.64
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Baijnath^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sant Ram	18,276	55.14%	12.69
	BJP	Dulo Ram	13,477	40.66%	14.60
	JD	Anand Bhanwal	660	1.99%	New
	BSP	Udho Ram	348	1.05%	0.52
	Independent	Subhash Thakur	202	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			4,799	14.48%	1.67
Turnout			33,143	60.20%	6.58
Registered electors			55,458		24.19
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.12

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Baijnath^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dulo Ram	16,371	55.26%	14.85
	INC	Sant Ram	12,576	42.45%	16.34
	Doordarshi Party	Diwan Chand	173	0.58%	New
	BSP	Man Chand	158	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			3,795	12.81%	5.57
Turnout			29,625	66.85%	0.90
Registered electors			44,657		24.81
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	3.53

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Baijnath^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sant Ram	13,767	58.79%	12.88
	BJP	Dulo Ram	9,462	40.41%	22.37
	Independent	Kuldip Chand Katoch	187	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			4,305	18.38%	8.88
Turnout			23,416	66.31%	7.46
Registered electors			35,781		15.77
	INC hold		Swing	12.88

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Baijnath^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sant Ram	10,346	45.91%	7.65
	Independent	Milkhi Ram	4,202	18.65%	New
	BJP	D. D. Khanoria	4,065	18.04%	New
	Independent	Gurmukh Singh	1,397	6.20%	New
	CPI(M)	Vinod Kumar Purohit	1,223	5.43%	New
	CPI	Tarlok Nath	879	3.90%	New
	Independent	Narain Singh	204	0.91%	New
	JP	Partap Singh	147	0.65%	41.13
Margin of victory			6,144	27.27%	15.48
Turnout			22,533	74.06%	15.18
Registered electors			30,908		3.89
	INC hold		Swing	7.65

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Baijnath^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sant Ram	9,200	53.57%	22.97
	JP	Om Prakash Kauda	7,175	41.78%	New
	Independent	Bhim Sain	455	2.65%	New
	Independent	Ram Ruth	344	2.00%	New
Margin of victory			2,025	11.79%	49.00
Turnout			17,174	58.45%	14.54
Registered electors			29,752		15.87
	INC hold		Swing	22.97

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Baijnath^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sant Ram	8,487	76.54%	51.74
	CPI	Bidhi Chand	1,747	15.76%	10.45
	Independent	Mona	680	6.13%	New
	Independent	Karm Chand	174	1.57%	New
Margin of victory			6,740	60.79%	59.38
Turnout			11,088	44.12%	3.44
Registered electors			25,678		8.14
	INC gain from CPI		Swing	50.34

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Baijnath^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Bansi Ram	3,415	26.20%	*New*
	INC	K. Devi	3,232	24.80%	New
	Independent	S. Ram	2,734	20.98%	New
	Independent	B. Ram	1,294	9.93%	New
	ABJS	A. Chand	1,233	9.46%	New
	Independent	R. Parkash	648	4.97%	New
	Independent	Bidhia	254	1.95%	New
	Independent	Lala	222	1.70%	New
Margin of victory			183	1.40%
Turnout			13,032	49.70%
Registered electors			27,954
	CPI win (new seat)

References

1 2 "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2012". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
↑ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Baijnath Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
↑ "NICEMAIL ver 5.0". Archived from the original on 13 January 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
1 2 Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 March 2016.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

External links

"Results of Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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[5] By-election

[election2022-1] 1 2 "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2012". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[2] "Sitting and previous MLAs from Baijnath Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[3] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[4] "NICEMAIL ver 5.0". Archived from the original on 13 January 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

[election2017-6] 1 2 Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.

[8] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.

[9] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.

[10] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

[11] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

[12] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[13] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 March 2016.

[14] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[15] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

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Assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh
Current constituencies	A Anni Arki B Baijnath Balh Banjar Barsar Bharmour Bhattiyat Bhoranj Bilaspur C Chamba Chintpurni Chopal Churah D Dalhousie Darang Dehra Dharampur Dharamshala Doon F Fatehpur G Gagret Ghumarwin H Hamirpur Haroli I Indora J Jaisinghpur Jaswan-Pragpur Jawalamukhi Jawali Jhanduta Jogindernagar Jubbal-Kotkhai K Kangra Karsog Kasauli Kasumpti Kinnaur Kullu Kutlehar L Lahaul and Spiti M Manali Mandi N Nachan Nadaun Nagrota Nahan Nalagarh Nurpur P Pachhad Palampur Paonta Sahib R Rampur Rohru S Sarkaghat Seraj Shahpur Shillai Shimla Shimla Rural Solan Sri Naina Deviji Sri Renukaji Sujanpur Sullah Sundernagar T Theog U Una
Defunct constituencies	A Amb B Bamsan Banikhet Bhamla Bhota C Chachiot Chauntra Chini G Gangath Garli Gehrwin Gopalpur Guler I Inner Seraj J Jaswan K Kandaghat Khera Kot-Kehloor Kumarsain M Mahadev Mangwal Mewa N Nadaunta O Outer Seraj P Pangi Paonta Doon Polianbeet Pragpur R Rainka Rajgir Rajnagar Rewalsar S Sandhol Sunni T Thural
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Elections in Himachal Pradesh
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Legislative Assembly	1952 1967 1972 1977 1982 1985 1990 1993 1998 2003 2007 2012 2017 2022
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