Elections Archive

GEN · Himachal Pradesh

HAMIRPUR

Major General Vikram Singh (retd) (INC) won by 15,113 votes (3.0%).

Electors
8,67,556
Votes polled
4,99,881
Valid votes
Turnout
57.6%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 3.0% (median 9.4%). Back to Himachal Pradesh · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
17.5%(-23.2%)
Turnout
73.1%(-6.1%)
NOTA
0.5%
Top-2 squeeze
99.0%

Winning margin over time · HAMIRPUR

19671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202462%

Candidates

Candidates · HAMIRPUR 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Major General Vikram Singh (retd)WinnerINC2,43,03949.0%
2Prem Kumar DhumalBJP2,27,92645.9%
3Shankar Singh ChandelCPI8,3831.7%
4Gyan Chand DhimanBSP7,5541.5%
5Baldev SharmaJP1,7970.4%
6Gopi Chand AttriIND1,6040.3%
7Joginder KumarICS1,2150.2%
8Chaman LalIND7670.2%
9Bishan Dutt LakhanpalSAP7540.2%
10Yashwant Singh RanaRNP7300.1%
11Ram Gopal SharmaAIIC(T)7180.1%
12Rakesh Mohan KaliaIND5410.1%
13Rattan ChandIND4890.1%
14Rattan LalIND4160.1%
15Ramesh Kumar SharmaIND2930.1%
16Sushma SandalIND1740.0%

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