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Assembly constituency 30 · Himachal Pradesh

Darang is assembly constituency number 30 in Himachal Pradesh, in Mandi district, and one of the segments of the Mandi Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Puran Chand Thakur of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 49.8% of the vote, 618 votes ahead of Kaul Singh (INC).

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Darang · 2022AC 30
  1. 01
    Puran Chand Thakur
    BJP
    36,572
    49.76%
  2. 02
    Kaul Singh
    INC
    35,954
    48.92%
  3. 03
    Ramesh Kumar
    BSP
    385
    0.52%
  4. NOTA · 579 (0.79%)

Margin 618 votes · 0.84% of valid votes

91,525
Registered electors
2022 election
80.7%
Turnout
-1.0 pts vs 2017
618
Victory margin
0.8% of valid votes
Nov 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 3 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 73,490 valid votes, NOTA included.

Darang 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Puran Chand ThakurMale · 65 yrsBJP36,572
49.76%
2Kaul SinghMale · 76 yrsINC35,954
48.92%
—NOTANOTA579
0.79%
3Ramesh KumarMale · 34 yrs · SCBSP385
0.52%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%10%20%30%40%50%201220172022BJP 49.8%INC 48.9%BSP 0.5%HLP 2.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Puran Chand ThakurBJP · 49.8% · margin 618Turnout80.7%
2017Jawahar ThakurBJP · 48.1% · margin 6,541Turnout81.7%
2012Kaul SinghINC · 49.7% · margin 2,232Turnout78.5%

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

Darang result 2017

Darang 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Jawahar ThakurBJP31,392
48.07%
2Kaul SinghINC24,851
38.05%
3Puran ChandIndependent7,672
11.75%
4Ramesh KumarBSP514
0.79%
—NOTANOTA407
0.62%
5Suraj ManiIndependent297
0.45%
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6Churamani ThakurIndependent170
0.26%

Darang result 2012

Darang 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kaul SinghINC28,325
49.70%
2Jawahar LalBJP26,093
45.79%
3Kapil DevHLP1,121
1.97%
4Girdhari LalIndependent719
1.26%
5Chuni LalBSP556
0.98%
6Parma NandBHBP174
0.31%
Map

Darang 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 Mandi 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

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

  • Kangna RanautBJP37,616 55.1%
  • Vikramaditya SinghINC29,917 43.8%
  • Dr. Prakash Chand BhardwajBSP307 0.4%
  • Narender KumarRTRYDVBHMP141 0.2%
  • Rakhee GuptaIndependent94 0.1%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 7,699 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Darang assembly seat in 2022?

Puran Chand Thakur of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Darang in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly election with 36,572 votes, which was 49.76% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Darang?

The margin was 618 votes (0.84% of valid votes). The runner-up was Kaul Singh of the Indian National Congress with 35,954 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Darang in 2022?

Turnout was 80.69%: 73,849 of 91,525 registered electors voted, across 132 polling stations. That is 1.0 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Darang part of?

Darang is an assembly segment of the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency in Himachal Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Kangna Ranaut got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Darang a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Darang?

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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