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Assembly constituency 60 · Himachal Pradesh

Chopal is assembly constituency number 60 in Himachal Pradesh, in Shimla district, and one of the segments of the Shimla Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Sh. Balbir Singh Verma of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 41.6% of the vote, 5,033 votes ahead of Sh. Rajneesh Kimta (INC).

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Chopal · 2022AC 60
  1. 01
    Sh. Balbir Singh Verma
    BJP
    25,873
    41.58%
  2. 02
    Sh. Rajneesh Kimta
    INC
    20,840
    33.49%
  3. 03
    Dr.subhash Chand Manglate
    Independent
    13,706
    22.03%
  4. 04
    Sh. Ashok Kumar
    Independent
    463
    0.74%
  5. 05
    Sh.uday Singhta
    AAP
    413
    0.66%
  6. 1 other candidate · 382 votesNOTA · 550 (0.88%)

Margin 5,033 votes · 8.09% of valid votes

81,782
Registered electors
2022 election
76.5%
Turnout
+0.1 pts vs 2017
5,033
Victory margin
8.1% of valid votes
Nov 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 62,227 valid votes, NOTA included.

Chopal 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sh. Balbir Singh VermaMale · 52 yrsBJP25,873
41.58%
2Sh. Rajneesh KimtaMale · 49 yrsINC20,840
33.49%
3Dr.subhash Chand ManglateMale · 50 yrsIndependent13,706
22.03%
—NOTANOTA550
0.88%
4Sh. Ashok KumarMale · 41 yrsIndependent463
0.74%
5Sh.uday SinghtaMale · 45 yrsAAP413
0.66%
6Bhagat LalMale · 41 yrs · SCBSP382
0.61%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%20%40%60%201220172022BJP 41.6%INC 33.5%BSP 0.6%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Sh. Balbir Singh VermaBJP · 41.6% · margin 5,033Turnout76.5%
2017Balbir Singh VermaBJP · 53.0% · margin 4,587Turnout76.4%
2012Balbir Singh VermaIndependent · 44.4% · margin 647Turnout75.7%

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

Chopal result 2017

Chopal 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Balbir Singh VermaBJP29,537
52.96%
2Dr.subhash Chand ManglateINC24,950
44.73%
3Hari ChandBSP498
0.89%
—NOTANOTA452
0.81%
4Hari Singh PanwarIndependent340
0.61%

Chopal result 2012

Chopal 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Balbir Singh VermaIndependent22,056
44.36%
2Dr Subhash Chand ManglateINC21,409
43.06%
3SeemaBJP4,747
9.55%
4Hari ChandBSP740
1.49%
5Rajender SinghTMC465
0.94%
6Ramla DeviLJP304
0.61%
Map

Chopal 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 Shimla 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

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

  • Suresh Kumar KashyapBJP29,586 52.9%
  • Vinod SultanpuriINC25,291 45.3%
  • Madan LalAKBRPRVP452 0.8%
  • Anil Kumar MangetBSP381 0.7%
  • Suresh KumarRTRYDVBHMP176 0.3%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 4,295 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Chopal assembly seat in 2022?

Sh. Balbir Singh Verma of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Chopal in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly election with 25,873 votes, which was 41.58% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Chopal?

The margin was 5,033 votes (8.09% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sh. Rajneesh Kimta of the Indian National Congress with 20,840 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Chopal in 2022?

Turnout was 76.49%: 62,551 of 81,782 registered electors voted, across 146 polling stations. That is 0.1 points higher than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Chopal part of?

Chopal is an assembly segment of the Shimla Lok Sabha constituency in Himachal Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Suresh Kumar Kashyap got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Chopal a reserved constituency?

No. Chopal is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Chopal?

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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