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Assembly constituency 63 · Himachal Pradesh

Shimla is assembly constituency number 63 in Himachal Pradesh, in Shimla district, and one of the segments of the Shimla Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Harish Janartha of the Indian National Congress won with 51.4% of the vote, 3,037 votes ahead of Sanjay Sood (BJP).

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Shimla · 2022AC 63
  1. 01
    Harish Janartha
    INC
    15,803
    51.35%
  2. 02
    Sanjay Sood
    BJP
    12,766
    41.48%
  3. 03
    Tikender Singh Panwar
    CPI(M)
    1,400
    4.55%
  4. 04
    Chaman Rakesh Azta
    AAP
    328
    1.07%
  5. 05
    Abhishek Barowalia
    Independent
    120
    0.39%
  6. 2 other candidates · 124 votesNOTA · 237 (0.77%)

Margin 3,037 votes · 9.87% of valid votes

48,608
Registered electors
2022 election
63.5%
Turnout
-0.8 pts vs 2017
3,037
Victory margin
9.9% of valid votes
Nov 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 7 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 30,778 valid votes, NOTA included.

Shimla 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Harish JanarthaMale · 57 yrsINC15,803
51.35%
2Sanjay SoodMale · 57 yrsBJP12,766
41.48%
3Tikender Singh PanwarMale · 50 yrsCPI(M)1,400
4.55%
4Chaman Rakesh AztaMale · 52 yrsAAP328
1.07%
—NOTANOTA237
0.77%
5Abhishek BarowaliaMale · 38 yrsIndependent120
0.39%
6Kalyan SinghMale · 38 yrsRTRYDVBHMP78
0.25%
7Rajesh Kumar GillMale · 56 yrs · SCBSP46
0.15%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%201220172022INC 51.4%BJP 41.5%CPI(M) 4.5%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Harish JanarthaINC · 51.4% · margin 3,037Turnout63.5%
2017Suresh BhardwajBJP · 43.2% · margin 1,903Turnout64.3%
2012Suresh BhardwajBJP · 35.6% · margin 628Turnout59.2%

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

Shimla result 2017

Shimla 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Suresh BhardwajBJP14,012
43.24%
2Harish JanarthaIndependent12,109
37.37%
3Sanjay ChauhanCPI(M)3,047
9.40%
4Harbhajan Singh BhajjiINC2,680
8.27%
—NOTANOTA322
0.99%
5Virender KumarIndependent119
0.37%
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6Dr. Kishori Lal SharmaSWAP114
0.35%

Shimla result 2012

Shimla 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Suresh BhardwajBJP11,563
35.59%
2HarishINC10,935
33.66%
3Tikender Singh PanwarCPI(M)8,025
24.70%
4Tarsem BhartiIndependent1,499
4.61%
5Dr. Radha Raman ShastriNCP243
0.75%
6Surinder KumarHiSP138
0.42%
Show 1 more candidate
7Sita Ram DhimanBSP83
0.26%
Map

Shimla 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 Shimla 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

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

  • Suresh Kumar KashyapBJP16,904 55.5%
  • Vinod SultanpuriINC13,314 43.7%
  • Anil Kumar MangetBSP129 0.4%
  • Madan LalAKBRPRVP67 0.2%
  • Suresh KumarRTRYDVBHMP56 0.2%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 3,590 EVM votes.

Open Shimla Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Shimla assembly seat in 2022?

Harish Janartha of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Shimla in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly election with 15,803 votes, which was 51.35% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Shimla?

The margin was 3,037 votes (9.87% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sanjay Sood of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 12,766 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Shimla in 2022?

Turnout was 63.48%: 30,854 of 48,608 registered electors voted, across 91 polling stations. That is 0.8 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Shimla part of?

Shimla 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 Shimla a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Shimla?

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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