2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh in 2003.

2003 Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election

2003

All 68 assembly constituencies
35 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.51%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Virbhadra Singh Prem Kumar Dhumal
Party INC BJP
Leader since 2007
Leader's seat Rohru Hamirpur
Seats before 31 31
Seats won 43 16
Seat change 12 15
Popular vote 1,447,319 1,300,756
Percentage 41 35.38

Chief Minister before election

Prem Kumar Dhumal
BJP

Elected Chief Minister

Virbhadra Singh
INC


Results

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats won  % votes
1Indian National Congress684341
2Bharatiya Janata Party681635.38
3Independent68612.60
4Himachal Vikas Congress4915.87
5Lok Jan Shakti Party2711
6Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh1412.17
Total 68

Source: ECI[1]

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party
KinnaurSTJagat Singh Indian National Congress
RampurSCSinghi Ram Indian National Congress
RohruNoneVirbhadra Singh Indian National Congress
Jubbal-kotkhaiNoneRohit Thakur Indian National Congress
ChopalNoneSubhash Chand Independent
KumarsainNoneVidya Stokes Indian National Congress
TheogNoneRakesh Verma Independent
SimlaNoneHarbhajan Singh Bhajji Indian National Congress
KasumptiSCSohan Lal Independent
ArkiNoneDharam Pal Thakur Indian National Congress
DoonNoneLajja Ram Indian National Congress
NalagarhNoneHari Naraian Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
KasauliSCRaghu Raj Indian National Congress
SolanNoneDr. Rajeev Bindal Bharatiya Janata Party
PachhadSCGangu Ram Musafir Indian National Congress
RainkaSCDr. Prem Singh Indian National Congress
ShillaiNoneHarsh Wardhan Indian National Congress
Paonta DoonNoneSukh Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
NahanNoneSadanand Chauhan Lok Jan Shakti Party
KotkehloorNoneThakur Ram Lal Indian National Congress
BilaspurNoneTilak Raj Indian National Congress
GhumarwinNoneKaram Dev Dharmani Bharatiya Janata Party
GeharwinSCDr. Beeru Ram Kishore Independent
NadaunNoneSukhvinder Singh Indian National Congress
HamirpurNoneAnita Verma Indian National Congress
BamsanNonePrem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party
MewaSCIshwar Dass Dhiman Bharatiya Janata Party
NadauntaNoneBaldev Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
GagretSCKuldeep Kumar Indian National Congress
ChintpurniNoneRakesh Kalia Indian National Congress
SantokgarhNoneMukesh Agnihotri Indian National Congress
UnaNoneSatpal Singh Satti Bharatiya Janata Party
KutleharNoneVirender Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
NurpurNoneSat Mahajan Indian National Congress
GangathSCBodh Raj Indian National Congress
JawaliNoneSujan Singh Indian National Congress
GulerNoneChander Kumar Indian National Congress
JaswanNoneBikram Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
PragpurSCNaveen Dhiman Independent
JawalamukhiNoneRamesh Chand Bharatiya Janata Party
ThuralNoneRavinder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
RajgirSCAtma Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
BaijnathNoneSudhir Sharma Indian National Congress
PalampurNoneBrij Behari Lal Indian National Congress
SulahNoneJagjiwan Paul Indian National Congress
NagrotaNoneG.s. Bali Indian National Congress
ShahpurNoneMajor Vijay Singh Mankotia Indian National Congress
DharamsalaNoneChandresh Kumari Indian National Congress
KangraNoneSurinder Kumar Indian National Congress
BhattiyatNoneKuldip Singh Pathania Independent
BanikhetNoneAsha Kumari Indian National Congress
RajnagarSCSurinder Bhardwaj Indian National Congress
ChambaNoneHarsh Mahajan Indian National Congress
BharmourSTThakar Singh Indian National Congress
Lahaul And SpitiSTRaghbir Singh Indian National Congress
KuluNoneRaj Krishan Gour Indian National Congress
BanjarNoneKhimi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
AniSCIshwar Dass Indian National Congress
KarsogSCMast Ram Indian National Congress
ChachiotNoneJai Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
NachanSCTek Chand Indian National Congress
SundernagarNoneSohan Lal Thakur Indian National Congress
BalhSCDamodar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party
GopalpurNoneRangila Ram Rao Indian National Congress
DharampurNoneMohinder Singh Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh
Joginder NagarNoneSurender Pal Indian National Congress
DarangNoneKaul Singh Indian National Congress
MandiNoneSukh Ram Himachal Vikas Congress

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