List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.[2] The present strength of the Vidhan Sabha is 68. The Assembly building is located in Annadale in the state's summer capital of Shimla.

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
14th Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Seats68
Elections
First past the post
Last election
November 2022
Next election
November 2027
Meeting place
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India[1]
Website
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituencies of Himachal Pradesh

Current constituencies

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The following is the list of the constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly since the delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies in 2008. There are 17 constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes candidates, and 3 constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Tribes candidates:[3]

No. Name Electors
(in 2022)[4]
District[5] Lok Sabha
constituency
1 Churah (SC) 75,468 Chamba Kangra
2 Bharmour (ST) 76,046 Mandi
3 Chamba 81,594 Kangra
4 Dalhousie 73,071
5 Bhattiyat 78,980
6 Nurpur 91,269 Kangra
7 Indora (SC) 91,569
8 Fatehpur 87,913
9 Jawali 99,572
10 Dehra 83,629 Hamirpur
11 Jaswan-Pragpur 77,991
12 Jawalamukhi 78,144 Kangra
13 Jaisinghpur (SC) 84,018
14 Sullah 103,905
15 Nagrota 88,867
16 Kangra 81,583
17 Shahpur 87,723
18 Dharamshala 81,516
19 Palampur 75,481
20 Baijnath (SC) 89,135
21 Lahaul and Spiti (ST) 24,876 Lahaul and Spiti Mandi
22 Manali 73,488 Kullu
23 Kullu 89,600
24 Banjar 73,094
25 Anni (SC) 85,643
26 Karsog (SC) 74,909 Mandi
27 Sundernagar 81,164
28 Nachan (SC) 86,208
29 Seraj 81,843
30 Darang 89,086
31 Jogindernagar 98,341
32 Dharampur 79,958 Hamirpur
33 Mandi 76,957 Mandi
34 Balh (SC) 79,587
35 Sarkaghat 90,837
36 Bhoranj (SC) 81,134 Hamirpur Hamirpur
37 Sujanpur 73,922
38 Hamirpur 74,861
39 Barsar 86,273
40 Nadaun 93,107
41 Chintpurni (SC) 82,686 Una
42 Gagret 82,774
43 Haroli 86,273
44 Una 85,254
45 Kutlehar 85,163
46 Jhanduta (SC) 79,577 Bilaspur
47 Ghumarwin 88,527
48 Bilaspur 83,025
49 Sri Naina Deviji 74,244
50 Arki 93,852 Solan Shimla
51 Nalagarh 89,828
52 Doon 68,266
53 Solan (SC) 85,238
54 Kasauli (SC) 67,434
55 Pachhad (SC) 76,475 Sirmaur
56 Nahan 83,561
57 Sri Renukaji (SC) 72,961
58 Paonta Sahib 82,487
59 Shillai 74,831
60 Chopal 79,109 Shimla
61 Theog 83,275
62 Kasumpti 65,713
63 Shimla 48,071
64 Shimla Rural 76,267
65 Jubbal-Kotkhai 71,566
66 Rampur (SC) 74,838 Mandi
67 Rohru (SC) 73,580 Shimla
68 Kinnaur (ST) 58,836 Kinnaur Mandi

Former constituencies

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# Name Year of
disestablishment
1 Bamsan 2008
2 Guler 2008
3 Banikhet 2008
4 Chachiot 2008
5 Kumarsain 2008
6 Thural 2008
7 Mewa 2008
8 Rajnagar 2008
9 Paonta Doon 2008
10 Gangath 2008
11 Jaswan 2008
12 Pragpur 2008

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Himachal Pradesh Cabinet to discuss venue of upcoming Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly's session". theindianexpress.com.
  2. ^ Himachal Legislative Assembly
  3. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 6, 158–164.
  4. ^ "Election Department, Himachal Pradesh". himachal.nic.in. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Assembly constituencies - Himachal Pradesh". Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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