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Assembly constituency 64 · Himachal Pradesh

Shimla Rural is assembly constituency number 64 in Himachal Pradesh, in Shimla district, and one of the segments of the Shimla Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Vikramaditya Singh of the Indian National Congress won with 60.2% of the vote, 13,860 votes ahead of Ravi Kumar Mehta (BJP).

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Shimla Rural · 2022AC 64
  1. 01
    Vikramaditya Singh
    INC
    35,269
    60.19%
  2. 02
    Ravi Kumar Mehta
    BJP
    21,409
    36.54%
  3. 03
    Puran Dutt
    RTRYDVBHMP
    915
    1.56%
  4. 04
    Balvinder Kumar Singh
    BSP
    271
    0.46%
  5. 05
    Prem Kumar
    AAP
    244
    0.42%
  6. 1 other candidate · 196 votesNOTA · 293 (0.50%)

Margin 13,860 votes · 23.65% of valid votes

78,294
Registered electors
2022 election
75.1%
Turnout
+1.0 pts vs 2017
13,860
Victory margin
23.7% of valid votes
Nov 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 58,597 valid votes, NOTA included.

Shimla Rural 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vikramaditya SinghMale · 33 yrsINC35,269
60.19%
2Ravi Kumar MehtaMale · 50 yrsBJP21,409
36.54%
3Puran DuttMale · 42 yrsRTRYDVBHMP915
1.56%
—NOTANOTA293
0.50%
4Balvinder Kumar SinghMale · 45 yrsBSP271
0.46%
5Prem KumarMale · 56 yrsAAP244
0.42%
6Praveen KumarMale · 38 yrsIndependent196
0.33%
Past results

INC held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%20%40%60%80%201220172022INC 60.2%BJP 36.5%RTRYDVBHMP 1.6%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Vikramaditya SinghINC · 60.2% · margin 13,860Turnout75.1%
2017Vikramaditya SinghINC · 53.3% · margin 4,880Turnout74.0%
2012Virbhadra SinghINC · 71.5% · margin 20,000Turnout59.3%

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

Shimla Rural result 2017

Shimla Rural 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vikramaditya SinghINC28,275
53.27%
2Dr. Pramod SharmaBJP23,395
44.07%
3M.D. SharmaIndependent668
1.26%
—NOTANOTA420
0.79%
4Kushal RajSWAP325
0.61%

Shimla Rural result 2012

Shimla Rural 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Virbhadra SinghINC28,892
71.47%
2Ishwar RohalBJP8,892
22.00%
3Prem Chand ThakurIndependent1,171
2.90%
4Gaurav SharmaHLP745
1.84%
5Kushal RajHiSP491
1.21%
6Ravi KumarBSP232
0.57%
Map

Shimla Rural 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.

INCBJPAAPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Suresh Kumar KashyapBJP29,333 55.4%
  • Vinod SultanpuriINC22,885 43.3%
  • Suresh KumarRTRYDVBHMP232 0.4%
  • Madan LalAKBRPRVP228 0.4%
  • Anil Kumar MangetBSP226 0.4%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 6,448 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Shimla Rural assembly seat in 2022?

Vikramaditya Singh of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Shimla Rural in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly election with 35,269 votes, which was 60.19% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Shimla Rural?

The margin was 13,860 votes (23.65% of valid votes). The runner-up was Ravi Kumar Mehta of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 21,409 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Shimla Rural in 2022?

Turnout was 75.06%: 58,770 of 78,294 registered electors voted, across 133 polling stations. That is 1.0 points higher than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Shimla Rural part of?

Shimla Rural 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 Rural a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Shimla Rural?

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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