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Assembly constituency 56 · Himachal Pradesh

Nahan is assembly constituency number 56 in Himachal Pradesh, in Sirmaur district, and one of the segments of the Shimla Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Ajay Solanki of the Indian National Congress won with 50.1% of the vote, 1,639 votes ahead of Dr. Rajeev Bindal (BJP).

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Nahan · 2022AC 56
  1. 01
    Ajay Solanki
    INC
    35,291
    50.08%
  2. 02
    Dr. Rajeev Bindal
    BJP
    33,652
    47.75%
  3. 03
    Sunil Sharma
    AAP
    387
    0.55%
  4. 04
    Salender Singh
    RTRYDVBHMP
    297
    0.42%
  5. 05
    Ayodhya Prasad Verma
    BSP
    260
    0.37%
  6. 1 other candidate · 118 votesNOTA · 470 (0.67%)

Margin 1,639 votes · 2.33% of valid votes

85,818
Registered electors
2022 election
82.4%
Turnout
-1.1 pts vs 2017
1,639
Victory margin
2.3% of valid votes
Nov 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 70,475 valid votes, NOTA included.

Nahan 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ajay SolankiMale · 51 yrsINC35,291
50.08%
2Dr. Rajeev BindalMale · 67 yrsBJP33,652
47.75%
—NOTANOTA470
0.67%
3Sunil SharmaMale · 40 yrsAAP387
0.55%
4Salender SinghMale · 37 yrsRTRYDVBHMP297
0.42%
5Ayodhya Prasad VermaMale · 58 yrsBSP260
0.37%
6RamjanMale · 34 yrsIndependent118
0.17%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%201220172022INC 50.1%BJP 47.8%AAP 0.6%CPI(M) 1.4%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Ajay SolankiINC · 50.1% · margin 1,639Turnout82.4%
2017Dr. Rajeev BindalBJP · 51.3% · margin 3,990Turnout83.5%
2012Rajeev BindalBJP · 47.7% · margin 12,824Turnout78.7%

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

Nahan result 2017

Nahan 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dr. Rajeev BindalBJP31,563
51.30%
2Ajay SolankeyINC27,573
44.81%
3VishwanathCPI(M)836
1.36%
4Jai ChandBSP689
1.12%
—NOTANOTA594
0.97%
5Virender KumarLOGAP272
0.44%

Nahan result 2012

Nahan 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rajeev BindalBJP25,459
47.69%
2Kush ParmarINC12,635
23.67%
3Sada Nand ChauhanLJP8,273
15.50%
4Shyama SharmaHLP5,240
9.81%
5Kutub DeenBSP990
1.85%
6Vijay KumarSP792
1.48%
Map

Nahan 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 Sirmaur 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

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

  • Suresh Kumar KashyapBJP38,176 55.2%
  • Vinod SultanpuriINC30,235 43.7%
  • Suresh KumarRTRYDVBHMP268 0.4%
  • Anil Kumar MangetBSP258 0.4%
  • Madan LalAKBRPRVP254 0.4%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 7,941 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Nahan assembly seat in 2022?

Ajay Solanki of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Nahan in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly election with 35,291 votes, which was 50.08% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Nahan?

The margin was 1,639 votes (2.33% of valid votes). The runner-up was Dr. Rajeev Bindal of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 33,652 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Nahan in 2022?

Turnout was 82.43%: 70,741 of 85,818 registered electors voted, across 121 polling stations. That is 1.1 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Nahan part of?

Nahan 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 Nahan a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Nahan?

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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