Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh in 2003.

2003 Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election

2003

All 68 assembly constituencies
35 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.51%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Virbhadra Singh Prem Kumar Dhumal
Party INC BJP
Leader since 2007
Leader's seat Rohru Hamirpur
Seats before 31 31
Seats won 43 16
Seat change Increase12 Decrease15
Popular vote 1,447,319 1,300,756
Percentage 41 35.38

Chief Minister before election

Prem Kumar Dhumal
BJP

Elected Chief Minister

Virbhadra Singh
INC


Results

Rank Party Seats
contested
Seats
won
% votes
1 Indian National Congress684341
2 Bharatiya Janata Party681635.38
3 Independent68612.60
4 Himachal Vikas Congress4915.87
5 Lok Jan Shakti Party2711
6 Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh1412.17
Total68

Source: ECI[1]

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party Vote Runner-up Candidates Name Party vote
KinnaurSTJagat Singh Indian National Congress 19052 Tejwant Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 11646
RampurSCSinghi Ram Indian National Congress 27757 Brij Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 10510
RohruNoneVirbhadra Singh Indian National Congress 32617 Khushi Ram Balnahta Bharatiya Janata Party 15328
Jubbal-kotkhaiNoneRohit Thakur Indian National Congress 21884 Narinder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 15040
ChopalNoneSubhash Chand Independent 10910 Yogendra Chandra Indian National Congress 8339
KumarsainNoneVidya Stokes Indian National Congress 17600 Parmod Kumar Sharma Independent 13329
TheogNoneRakesh Verma Independent 19869 Rajinder Verma Indian National Congress 16510
SimlaNoneHarbhajan Singh Bhajji Indian National Congress 12060 Sanjay Chauhan Communist Party of India 9949
KasumptiSCSohan Lal Independent 16972 Roop Dass Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party 13487
ArkiNoneDharam Pal Thakur Indian National Congress 15933 Govind Ram Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 14890
DoonNoneLajja Ram Indian National Congress 17297 Vinod Kumari Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh 14877
NalagarhNoneHari Naraian Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 22892 Sukriti Kumari Indian National Congress 19809
KasauliSCRaghu Raj Indian National Congress 17886 Virender Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party 14127
SolanNoneDr. Rajeev Bindal Bharatiya Janata Party 15332 Mohinder Nath Sofat Independent 13973
PachhadSCGangu Ram Musafir Indian National Congress 21671 Ram Prakash Bharatiya Janata Party 20385
RainkaSCDr. Prem Singh Indian National Congress 19948 Balbir Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 13614
ShillaiNoneHarsh Wardhan Indian National Congress 17326 Jagat Singh Independent 9902
Paonta DoonNoneSukh Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 22647 Kirnesh Jung Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh 16785
NahanNoneSadanand Chauhan Lok Jan Shakti Party 14551 Kush Parmar Indian National Congress 13360
KotkehloorNoneThakur Ram Lal Indian National Congress 19509 Randheer Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 16507
BilaspurNoneTilak Raj Indian National Congress 22868 Jagat Prakash Nadda Bharatiya Janata Party 20142
GhumarwinNoneKaram Dev Dharmani Bharatiya Janata Party 20609 Kashmir Singh Indian National Congress 17202
GeharwinSCDr. Beeru Ram Kishore Independent 21512 Rikhi Ram Kondal Bharatiya Janata Party 19958
NadaunNoneSukhvinder Singh Indian National Congress 14379 Prabhat Chand Independent 9794
HamirpurNoneAnita Verma Indian National Congress 20749 Urmil Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 13884
BamsanNonePrem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party 29325 Kuldeep Singh Pathania Indian National Congress 13627
MewaSCIshwar Dass Dhiman Bharatiya Janata Party 22778 Suresh Kumar Indian National Congress 21449
NadauntaNoneBaldev Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 23796 Vidya Kumari Indian National Congress 11235
GagretSCKuldeep Kumar Indian National Congress 23297 Balbir Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 16119
ChintpurniNoneRakesh Kalia Indian National Congress 26581 Praveen Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 15640
SantokgarhNoneMukesh Agnihotri Indian National Congress 16360 Jagroop Singh Independent 11336
UnaNoneSatpal Singh Satti Bharatiya Janata Party 27651 Virender Gautam Indian National Congress 27600
KutleharNoneVirender Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 12380 Saroj Thakur Indian National Congress 8464
NurpurNoneSat Mahajan Indian National Congress 32049 Rakesh Pathania Bharatiya Janata Party 22450
GangathSCBodh Raj Indian National Congress 24499 Des Raj Bharatiya Janata Party 22220
JawaliNoneSujan Singh Indian National Congress 27147 Rajan Sushant Bharatiya Janata Party 21314
GulerNoneChander Kumar Indian National Congress 21936 Harbans Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 16002
JaswanNoneBikram Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17180 Viplove Thakur Indian National Congress 14994
PragpurSCNaveen Dhiman Independent 16585 Yog Raj Independent 12359
JawalamukhiNoneRamesh Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 22459 Sanjay Rattan Independent 8730
ThuralNoneRavinder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 19278 Jagdish Chand Sepehia Indian National Congress 16467
RajgirSCAtma Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 15018 Dr.Milkhi Ram Goma Indian National Congress 13763
BaijnathNoneSudhir Sharma Indian National Congress 22371 Dulo Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 16132
PalampurNoneBrij Behari Lal Indian National Congress 24333 Parveen Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 17090
SulahNoneJagjiwan Paul Indian National Congress 23851 Bipan Singh Parmar Bharatiya Janata Party 12921
NagrotaNoneG.s. Bali Indian National Congress 27925 Ch.Ram Chand Bhatia Bharatiya Janata Party 17531
ShahpurNoneMajor Vijay Singh Mankotia Indian National Congress 24572 Sarveen Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 20276
DharamsalaNoneChandresh Kumari Indian National Congress 22181 Kishan Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party 17063
KangraNoneSurinder Kumar Indian National Congress 18836 Rattan Lal Jagtamba Bharatiya Janata Party 13803
BhattiyatNoneKuldip Singh Pathania Independent 13948 Bhupinder Singh Chauhan Independent 11722
BanikhetNoneAsha Kumari Indian National Congress 24348 Renu Chadha Bharatiya Janata Party 23488
RajnagarSCSurinder Bhardwaj Indian National Congress 20613 Mohan Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 17301
ChambaNoneHarsh Mahajan Indian National Congress 21829 B.K.Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 19642
BharmourSTThakar Singh Indian National Congress 21869 Tulsi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 12177
Lahaul And SpitiSTRaghbir Singh Indian National Congress 9458 Dr.Ram Lal Markanda Himachal Vikas Congress 4690
KuluNoneRaj Krishan Gour Indian National Congress 21547 Govind Singh Thakur Independent 14277
BanjarNoneKhimi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 30842 Satya Parkash Thakur Indian National Congress 26300
AniSCIshwar Dass Indian National Congress 22978 Tej Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 15385
KarsogSCMast Ram Indian National Congress 19124 Joginder Pal Bharatiya Janata Party 13213
ChachiotNoneJai Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 21040 Shiv Lal Himachal Vikas Congress 13452
NachanSCTek Chand Indian National Congress 17479 Dile Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 15869
SundernagarNoneSohan Lal Thakur Indian National Congress 20248 Roop Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 15610
BalhSCDamodar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 18392 Prakash Chaudhary Himachal Vikas Congress 18204
GopalpurNoneRangila Ram Rao Indian National Congress 20959 Col.Inder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 18440
DharampurNoneMohinder Singh Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh 16854 Karamvir Bharatiya Janata Party 12944
Joginder NagarNoneSurender Pal Indian National Congress 24518 Gulab Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 17981
DarangNoneKaul Singh Indian National Congress 27508 Ramesh Chand Bharatiya Janata Party 20668
MandiNoneSukh Ram Himachal Vikas Congress 23816 Durga Dutt Indian National Congress 11426


See also

References

  1. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2003 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012.
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