List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

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Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
13th Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh
Type
Type
Unicameral
Term limits
5 years
Seats68
Elections
First past the post
Last election
9 November 2017
Next election
November 2022
Meeting place
Himachal Pradesh e-Assembly.jpg
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India[1]
Website
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituencies of Himachal Pradesh

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 Vidhan Sabha building is located in Annadale in the state's summer capital of Shimla.

List of constituencies since 2017[]

Following is the list of the constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha since the delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies in 2008. At present, 17 constituencies are reserved for the Scheduled caste candidates and 3 constituencies are reserved for the Scheduled tribe candidates:[3]

Constituency
number 		Constituency
name 		Reserved for
(SC/STNone) 		Electors
(2017)[4] 		District[5] Lok Sabha
constituency
1 Churah SC 68,623 Chamba Kangra
2 Bharmour ST 71,374 Chamba Mandi
3 Chamba None 75,289 Chamba Kangra
4 Dalhousie None 66,669 Chamba Kangra
5 Bhattiyat None 71,545 Chamba Kangra
6 Nurpur None 83,099 Kangra Kangra
7 Indora SC 82,638 Kangra Kangra
8 Fatehpur None 80,793 Kangra Kangra
9 Jawali None 90,307 Kangra Kangra
10 Dehra None 76,522 Kangra Hamirpur
11 Jaswan-Pragpur None 73,257 Kangra Hamirpur
12 Jawalamukhi None 72,292 Kangra Kangra
13 Jaisinghpur SC 77,477 Kangra Kangra
14 Sullah None 96,145 Kangra Kangra
15 Nagrota None 81,742 Kangra Kangra
16 Kangra None 75,899 Kangra Kangra
17 Shahpur None 80,097 Kangra Kangra
18 Dharamshala None 74,863 Kangra Kangra
19 Palampur None 69,809 Kangra Kangra
20 Baijnath SC 80,160 Kangra Kangra
21 Lahaul and Spiti ST 23,231 Lahaul and Spiti Mandi
22 Manali None 66,452 Kullu Mandi
23 Kullu None 81,653 Kullu Mandi
24 Banjar None 66,126 Kullu Mandi
25 Anni SC 77,740 Kullu Mandi
26 Karsog SC 67,329 Mandi Mandi
27 Sundernagar None 74,361 Mandi Mandi
28 Nachan SC 77,783 Mandi Mandi
29 Seraj None 74,825 Mandi Mandi
30 Darang None 80,208 Mandi Mandi
31 Jogindernagar None 90,750 Mandi Mandi
32 Dharampur None 74,052 Mandi Hamirpur
33 Mandi None 69,678 Mandi Mandi
34 Balh SC 71,259 Mandi Mandi
35 Sarkaghat None 82,756 Mandi Mandi
36 Bhoranj SC 75,689 Hamirpur Hamirpur
37 Sujanpur None 68,504 Hamirpur Hamirpur
38 Hamirpur None 69,444 Hamirpur Hamirpur
39 Barsar None 80,717 Hamirpur Hamirpur
40 Nadaun None 86,279 Hamirpur Hamirpur
41 Chintpurni SC 77,979 Una Hamirpur
42 Gagret None 76,540 Una Hamirpur
43 Haroli None 81,198 Una Hamirpur
44 Una None 79,512 Una Hamirpur
45 Kutlehar None 79,694 Una Hamirpur
46 Jhanduta SC 72,355 Bilaspur Hamirpur
47 Ghumarwin None 81,460 Bilaspur Hamirpur
48 Bilaspur None 77,244 Bilaspur Hamirpur
49 Sri Naina Deviji None 67,763 Bilaspur Hamirpur
50 Arki None 84,987 Solan Shimla
51 Nalagarh None 82,701 Solan Shimla
52 Doon None 62,577 Solan Shimla
53 Solan SC 81,255 Solan Shimla
54 Kasauli SC 64,245 Solan Shimla
55 Pachhad SC 69,110 Sirmaur Shimla
56 Nahan None 75,025 Sirmaur Shimla
57 Sri Renukaji SC 65,716 Sirmaur Shimla
58 Paonta Sahib None 75,310 Sirmaur Shimla
59 Shillai None 65,777 Sirmaur Shimla
60 Chopal None 73,147 Shimla Shimla
61 Theog None 78,540 Shimla Shimla
62 Kasumpti None 61,183 Shimla Shimla
63 Shimla None 50,424 Shimla Shimla
64 Shimla Rural None 71,915 Shimla Shimla
65 Jubbal-Kotkhai None 67,289 Shimla Shimla
66 Rampur SC 71,014 Shimla Mandi
67 Rohru SC 69,155 Shimla Shimla
68 Kinnaur ST 55,390 Kinnaur Mandi

Defunct Assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh[]

Sr. No. Assembly Constituencies Year of Defunct
1 Bamsan 2008
2 Guler 2008
3 Banikhet 2008
4 Chachiot 2008
5 Kumarsain 2008
6 Thural 2008
7 Mewa 2008
8 Rajnagar 2008

References[]

  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. ^ Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh (20 July 2018). "District and Assembly Constituency Wise Details of Electors". pp. 17–19. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Assembly constituencies - Himachal Pradesh". Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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