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Assembly constituency 4 · Himachal Pradesh

Dalhousie is assembly constituency number 4 in Himachal Pradesh, in Chamba district, and one of the segments of the Kangra Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election D. S. Thakur of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 57.5% of the vote, 9,918 votes ahead of Asha Kumari (INC).

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Dalhousie · 2022AC 4
  1. 01
    D. S. Thakur
    BJP
    33,488
    57.49%
  2. 02
    Asha Kumari
    INC
    23,570
    40.47%
  3. 03
    Ashok Bakaria
    RTRYDVBHMP
    358
    0.61%
  4. 04
    Rinku
    Independent
    241
    0.41%
  5. 05
    Manish Sareen
    AAP
    207
    0.36%
  6. NOTA · 382 (0.66%)

Margin 9,918 votes · 17.03% of valid votes

75,714
Registered electors
2022 election
77.2%
Turnout
+2.7 pts vs 2017
9,918
Victory margin
17.0% of valid votes
Nov 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 5 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 58,246 valid votes, NOTA included.

Dalhousie 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1D. S. ThakurMale · 55 yrsBJP33,488
57.49%
2Asha KumariFemale · 67 yrsINC23,570
40.47%
—NOTANOTA382
0.66%
3Ashok BakariaMale · 54 yrsRTRYDVBHMP358
0.61%
4RinkuMale · 35 yrs · SCIndependent241
0.41%
5Manish SareenMale · 34 yrsAAP207
0.36%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%201220172022BJP 57.5%INC 40.5%RTRYDVBHMP 0.6%CPI 1.4%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022D. S. ThakurBJP · 57.5% · margin 9,918Turnout77.2%
2017Asha KumariINC · 48.8% · margin 556Turnout74.5%
2012Asha KumariINC · 55.4% · margin 7,365Turnout75.9%

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

Dalhousie result 2017

Dalhousie 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Asha KumariINC24,224
48.77%
2D. S. ThakurBJP23,668
47.65%
3Dhian SinghCPI720
1.45%
—NOTANOTA569
1.15%
4Virender SharmaRADM487
0.98%

Dalhousie result 2012

Dalhousie 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Asha KumariINC25,541
55.38%
2RenuBJP18,176
39.41%
3Tilak RajCPI1,310
2.84%
4Shalender ThakurIndependent828
1.80%
5Paras RamBSP268
0.58%
Map

Dalhousie 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 Chamba 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

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

  • Dr Rajeev BhardwajBJP32,700 63.1%
  • Anand SharmaINC18,408 35.5%
  • Advocate Sanjay SharmaIndependent189 0.4%
  • Rekha ChaudharyBSP156 0.3%
  • Dr Kehar SinghIndependent145 0.3%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 14,292 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Dalhousie assembly seat in 2022?

D. S. Thakur of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Dalhousie in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly election with 33,488 votes, which was 57.49% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Dalhousie?

The margin was 9,918 votes (17.03% of valid votes). The runner-up was Asha Kumari of the Indian National Congress with 23,570 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Dalhousie in 2022?

Turnout was 77.21%: 58,459 of 75,714 registered electors voted, across 113 polling stations. That is 2.7 points higher than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Dalhousie part of?

Dalhousie 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 Dalhousie a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Dalhousie?

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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