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Assembly constituency 58 · Himachal Pradesh

Paonta Sahib is assembly constituency number 58 in Himachal Pradesh, in Sirmaur district, and one of the segments of the Shimla Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Sukh Ram Chaudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 46.9% of the vote, 8,596 votes ahead of Kirnesh Jung (INC).

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Paonta Sahib · 2022AC 58
  1. 01
    Sukh Ram Chaudhary
    BJP
    31,008
    46.93%
  2. 02
    Kirnesh Jung
    INC
    22,412
    33.92%
  3. 03
    Manish Thakur
    AAP
    5,090
    7.70%
  4. 04
    Manish Tomar
    Independent
    3,417
    5.17%
  5. 05
    Roshan Lal Chaudhary
    Independent
    1,872
    2.83%
  6. 4 other candidates · 1,781 votesNOTA · 495 (0.75%)

Margin 8,596 votes · 13.01% of valid votes

85,540
Registered electors
2022 election
77.3%
Turnout
-3.8 pts vs 2017
8,596
Victory margin
13.0% of valid votes
Nov 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 66,075 valid votes, NOTA included.

Paonta Sahib 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sukh Ram ChaudharyMale · 58 yrsBJP31,008
46.93%
2Kirnesh JungMale · 65 yrsINC22,412
33.92%
3Manish ThakurMale · 42 yrsAAP5,090
7.70%
4Manish TomarMale · 47 yrsIndependent3,417
5.17%
5Roshan Lal ChaudharyMale · 57 yrsIndependent1,872
2.83%
6Suneel ChaudharyMale · 39 yrsIndependent896
1.36%
—NOTANOTA495
0.75%
7Ashwani VermaMale · 58 yrsRTRYDVBHMP367
0.56%
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8Rameshwar SharmaMale · 60 yrsIndependent315
0.48%
9SeemaFemale · 38 yrs · SCBSP203
0.31%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%20%40%60%201220172022BJP 46.9%INC 33.9%AAP 7.7%LOGAP 0.8%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Sukh Ram ChaudharyBJP · 46.9% · margin 8,596Turnout77.3%
2017Sukh RamBJP · 59.1% · margin 12,619Turnout81.1%
2012Kirnesh JungIndependent · 44.0% · margin 790Turnout82.0%

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

Paonta Sahib result 2017

Paonta Sahib 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sukh RamBJP36,011
59.11%
2Kirnesh JungINC23,392
38.39%
—NOTANOTA624
1.02%
3Meena KumariLOGAP484
0.79%
4SurenderIndependent414
0.68%

Paonta Sahib result 2012

Paonta Sahib 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kirnesh JungIndependent23,713
44.04%
2Sukh RamBJP22,923
42.57%
3Onkar SinghINC6,152
11.43%
4Sarvar AliIndependent678
1.26%
5Budh RamBSP378
0.70%
Map

Paonta Sahib 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

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

  • Suresh Kumar KashyapBJP39,918 61.1%
  • Vinod SultanpuriINC24,605 37.7%
  • Anil Kumar MangetBSP358 0.5%
  • Madan LalAKBRPRVP309 0.5%
  • Suresh KumarRTRYDVBHMP160 0.2%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 15,313 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Paonta Sahib.

Who won the Paonta Sahib assembly seat in 2022?

Sukh Ram Chaudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Paonta Sahib in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly election with 31,008 votes, which was 46.93% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Paonta Sahib?

The margin was 8,596 votes (13.01% of valid votes). The runner-up was Kirnesh Jung of the Indian National Congress with 22,412 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Paonta Sahib in 2022?

Turnout was 77.33%: 66,152 of 85,540 registered electors voted, across 103 polling stations. That is 3.8 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Paonta Sahib part of?

Paonta Sahib 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 Paonta Sahib a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Paonta Sahib?

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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