Kangra (Lok Sabha constituency)
Kangra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India.[1]
Assembly segments
Kangra Lok Sabha constituency presently comprised the following 17 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]
- Churah
- Chamba
- Dalhousie
- Bhattiyat
- Nurpur
- Indora
- Fatehpur
- Jawali
- Jawalamukhi
- Jaisinghpur
- Sullah
- Nagrota
- Kangra
- Shahpur
- Dharamshala
- Palampur
- Baijnath
Members of Parliament
- 1962: Hem Raj, Indian National Congress
- 1967: Hem Raj, Indian National Congress
- 1971: Vikram Chand, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Durga Chand, Bharatiya Lok Dal
- 1980: Vikram Chand Mahajan, Indian National Congress (I)
- 1984: Chandresh Kumari, Indian National Congress
- 1989: Shanta Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1991: D.D. Khanoria, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1996: Sat Mahajan, Indian National Congress
- 1998: Shanta Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1999: Shanta Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2004: Chander Kumar, Indian National Congress
- 2009: Dr. Rajan Sushant, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2014: Shanta Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party
| General Election, 2014: Kangra |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
BJP |
Shanta Kumar |
4,56,163 |
57.05 |
+8.37 |
|
INC |
Chander Kumar |
2,86,091 |
35.79 |
-9.76 |
|
AAP |
Dr. Rajan Sushant |
24,430 |
3.06 |
+3.06 |
|
NOTA |
None of the Above |
8,704 |
1.09 |
+1.09 |
| Majority |
1,70,072 |
21.27 |
+18.13 |
| Turnout |
7,99,445 |
64.46 |
+9.31 |
|
BJP hold |
Swing |
+8.37 |
|
General elections 2014
[2]
See also
References