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Assembly constituency 16 · Himachal Pradesh

Kangra is assembly constituency number 16 in Himachal Pradesh, in Kangra district, and one of the segments of the Kangra Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Pawan Kumar Kajal of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 55.6% of the vote, 19,834 votes ahead of Choudhary Surinder Kaku (INC).

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Kangra · 2022AC 16
  1. 01
    Pawan Kumar Kajal
    BJP
    35,239
    55.64%
  2. 02
    Choudhary Surinder Kaku
    INC
    15,405
    24.32%
  3. 03
    Kulbhash Chand
    Independent
    7,994
    12.62%
  4. 04
    Amit Verma
    Independent
    3,033
    4.79%
  5. 05
    Raj Kumar
    AAP
    866
    1.37%
  6. 1 other candidate · 338 votesNOTA · 464 (0.73%)

Margin 19,834 votes · 31.31% of valid votes

83,547
Registered electors
2022 election
76.1%
Turnout
-1.1 pts vs 2017
19,834
Victory margin
31.3% of valid votes
Nov 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 63,339 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kangra 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Pawan Kumar KajalMale · 48 yrsBJP35,239
55.64%
2Choudhary Surinder KakuMale · 68 yrsINC15,405
24.32%
3Kulbhash ChandMale · 58 yrsIndependent7,994
12.62%
4Amit VermaMale · 45 yrsIndependent3,033
4.79%
5Raj KumarMale · 68 yrsAAP866
1.37%
—NOTANOTA464
0.73%
6Vijay KumarMale · 59 yrsBSP338
0.53%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%201220172022BJP 55.6%INC 24.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Pawan Kumar KajalBJP · 55.6% · margin 19,834Turnout76.1%
2017Pawan Kumar KajalINC · 43.7% · margin 6,208Turnout77.2%
2012Pawan KajalIndependent · 29.0% · margin 563Turnout74.1%

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

Kangra result 2017

Kangra 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Pawan Kumar KajalINC25,549
43.70%
2Sanjay ChaudharyBJP19,341
33.08%
3Dr. Rajesh SharmaIndependent11,805
20.19%
—NOTANOTA656
1.12%
4Col.(ret.) Kuldip SinghLOGAP482
0.82%
5Ravi ChandNCP408
0.70%
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6Vijay KumarBSP225
0.38%

Kangra result 2012

Kangra 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Pawan KajalIndependent14,632
29.00%
2Choudhary Surender KumarINC14,069
27.88%
3Sanjay ChaudharyBJP11,700
23.19%
4Dr. Rajesh SharmaIndependent7,966
15.79%
5Aman GuleriaCPI636
1.26%
6Ram Swaroop VermaHiSP521
1.03%
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7Vijay Kumar BhariBSP517
1.02%
8Ram Niwash YadavSP416
0.82%
Map

Kangra 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.

INCBJPAAPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Dr Rajeev BhardwajBJP40,029 68.3%
  • Anand SharmaINC17,567 30.0%
  • Rekha ChaudharyBSP489 0.8%
  • Advocate Sanjay SharmaIndependent134 0.2%
  • Dr Kehar SinghIndependent113 0.2%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 22,462 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Kangra assembly seat in 2022?

Pawan Kumar Kajal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kangra in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly election with 35,239 votes, which was 55.64% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kangra?

The margin was 19,834 votes (31.31% of valid votes). The runner-up was Choudhary Surinder Kaku of the Indian National Congress with 15,405 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kangra in 2022?

Turnout was 76.10%: 63,582 of 83,547 registered electors voted, across 101 polling stations. That is 1.1 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kangra part of?

Kangra 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 Kangra a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kangra?

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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