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Assembly constituency 45 · Himachal Pradesh

Kutlehar is assembly constituency number 45 in Himachal Pradesh, in Una district, and one of the segments of the Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Davinder Kumar Bhutto of the Indian National Congress won with 54.8% of the vote, 7,579 votes ahead of Virender Kanwar (BJP). A bye-election on 1 Jun 2024 was won by Vivek Sharma (vicku) (INC), the current MLA.

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Kutlehar · 2022AC 45
  1. 01
    Davinder Kumar Bhutto
    INC
    36,636
    54.84%
  2. 02
    Virender Kanwar
    BJP
    29,057
    43.49%
  3. 03
    Anil Mankotia
    AAP
    596
    0.89%
  4. 04
    Capt. Jaidyal Singh Pal
    Independent
    141
    0.21%
  5. NOTA · 378 (0.57%)

Margin 7,579 votes · 11.34% of valid votes

86,934
Registered electors
2022 election
77.3%
Turnout
+2.4 pts vs 2017
7,579
Victory margin
11.3% of valid votes
Nov 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 4 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 66,808 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kutlehar 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Davinder Kumar BhuttoMale · 49 yrsINC36,636
54.84%
2Virender KanwarMale · 58 yrsBJP29,057
43.49%
3Anil MankotiaMale · 39 yrsAAP596
0.89%
—NOTANOTA378
0.57%
4Capt. Jaidyal Singh PalMale · 67 yrs · SCIndependent141
0.21%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%201220172022INC 54.8%BJP 43.5%AAP 0.9%HiSP 1.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024 byeVivek Sharma (vicku)INC · 53.2% · margin 5,356Turnout77.8%
2022Davinder Kumar BhuttoINC · 54.8% · margin 7,579Turnout77.3%
2017Virender KanwarBJP · 52.5% · margin 5,606Turnout74.9%
2012Virender KanwarBJP · 49.4% · margin 1,692Turnout72.8%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Kutlehar bye-election, 1 Jun 2024

Turnout 77.8% · 69,436 of 89,307 electors voted

Kutlehar bye-election 2024-06-01 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vivek Sharma (vicku)INC36,853
53.24%
2Davinder Kumar (bhutto)BJP31,497
45.50%
—NOTANOTA341
0.49%
3Chanchal SinghIndependent300
0.43%
4Rajeev SharmaIndependent234
0.34%

Kutlehar result 2017

Kutlehar 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Virender KanwarBJP31,101
52.52%
2Vivek SharmaINC25,495
43.05%
3Shiv Hari PalIndependent1,017
1.72%
4Manohar LalBSP570
0.96%
5Sandeep SharmaSWAP365
0.62%
6Sawarn DassIndependent363
0.61%
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—NOTANOTA311
0.53%

Kutlehar result 2012

Kutlehar 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Virender KanwarBJP26,028
49.36%
2Ram DassINC24,336
46.15%
3Sandeep SharmaHiSP699
1.33%
4Sunita DeviHLP518
0.98%
5Ramesh ChandBSP477
0.90%
6Mahinder PalTMC440
0.83%
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7Braham DassSP233
0.44%
Map

Kutlehar 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 Una 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

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

  • Anurag Singh ThakurBJP37,505 55.4%
  • Satpal RaizadaINC29,686 43.9%
  • Hem RajBSP135 0.2%
  • Surender Kumar GautamIndependent97 0.1%
  • Jagdeep KumarRTRYDVBHMP16 0.0%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 7,819 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Kutlehar assembly seat in 2022?

Davinder Kumar Bhutto of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Kutlehar in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly election with 36,636 votes, which was 54.84% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kutlehar?

The margin was 7,579 votes (11.34% of valid votes). The runner-up was Virender Kanwar of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 29,057 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kutlehar in 2022?

Turnout was 77.26%: 67,162 of 86,934 registered electors voted, across 118 polling stations. That is 2.4 points higher than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kutlehar part of?

Kutlehar is an assembly segment of the Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency in Himachal Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Anurag Singh Thakur got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Kutlehar had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 1 Jun 2024, Vivek Sharma (vicku) (Indian National Congress) won by 5,356 votes.

Is Kutlehar a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kutlehar?

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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