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Assembly constituency 20 · Himachal Pradesh · SC

Baijnath is assembly constituency number 20 in Himachal Pradesh, in Kangra district, and one of the segments of the Kangra Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Kishori Lal of the Indian National Congress won with 50.3% of the vote, 3,446 votes ahead of Mulkh Raj Premi (BJP).

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Baijnath · 2022AC 20
  1. 01
    Kishori Lal
    INC
    29,338
    50.32%
  2. 02
    Mulkh Raj Premi
    BJP
    25,892
    44.41%
  3. 03
    Parmodh Chand
    AAP
    1,109
    1.90%
  4. 04
    Ajay Kumar
    BSP
    536
    0.92%
  5. 05
    Gurdas Ram
    Independent
    531
    0.91%
  6. 1 other candidate · 226 votesNOTA · 669 (1.15%)

Margin 3,446 votes · 5.91% of valid votes

91,352
Registered electors
2022 election
64.4%
Turnout
-1.9 pts vs 2017
3,446
Victory margin
5.9% of valid votes
Nov 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 58,301 valid votes, NOTA included.

Baijnath 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kishori LalMale · 75 yrs · SCINC29,338
50.32%
2Mulkh Raj PremiMale · 52 yrs · SCBJP25,892
44.41%
3Parmodh ChandMale · 48 yrs · SCAAP1,109
1.90%
—NOTANOTA669
1.15%
4Ajay KumarMale · 47 yrs · SCBSP536
0.92%
5Gurdas RamMale · 50 yrs · SCIndependent531
0.91%
6Vishesh VermaMale · 38 yrs · SCSWAP226
0.39%
Past results

The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2017, INC in 2022.

0%20%40%60%201220172022INC 50.3%BJP 44.4%AAP 1.9%BSP 0.9%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Kishori LalINC · 50.3% · margin 3,446Turnout64.4%
2017Mulkh RajBJP · 60.6% · margin 12,669Turnout66.3%
2012Kishori LalINC · 45.9% · margin 6,652Turnout63.3%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Baijnath result 2017

Baijnath 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Mulkh RajBJP32,102
60.62%
2Kishori LalINC19,433
36.70%
—NOTANOTA577
1.09%
3Ramesh ChandBSP510
0.96%
4Bir SinghIndependent331
0.63%

Baijnath result 2012

Baijnath 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kishori LalINC21,878
45.94%
2Mulkh RajBJP15,226
31.97%
3Udho RamHLP7,049
14.80%
4Tilak RajIndependent1,862
3.91%
5Om PrakashHiSP676
1.42%
6Shashi PalBSP359
0.75%
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7Ashok KumarLJP295
0.62%
8Vijay KumarNCP274
0.58%
Map

Baijnath outlined in orange among the other Himachal Pradesh seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2022. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Kangra district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Baijnath is one of the assembly segments of Kangra. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Kangra candidates.

  • Dr Rajeev BhardwajBJP36,466 64.4%
  • Anand SharmaINC19,385 34.2%
  • Rekha ChaudharyBSP268 0.5%
  • Dr Kehar SinghIndependent162 0.3%
  • Advocate Sanjay SharmaIndependent109 0.2%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 17,081 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Baijnath.

Who won the Baijnath assembly seat in 2022?

Kishori Lal of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Baijnath in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly election with 29,338 votes, which was 50.32% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Baijnath?

The margin was 3,446 votes (5.91% of valid votes). The runner-up was Mulkh Raj Premi of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 25,892 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Baijnath in 2022?

Turnout was 64.40%: 58,828 of 91,352 registered electors voted, across 106 polling stations. That is 1.9 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Baijnath part of?

Baijnath is an assembly segment of the Kangra Lok Sabha constituency in Himachal Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dr Rajeev Bhardwaj got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Baijnath a reserved constituency?

Yes. Baijnath is reserved for scheduled castes (sc), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Baijnath?

The Himachal Pradesh assembly elected in 2022 completes its five-year term in 2027, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections of 2022 and 2017 and 2012 (2022 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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