Constituency
162. Shimla
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2014
IN-SHIMLA
BJP 52.3%won by 11.4%INC 40.9%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.4% to 11.4%.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.2% to 64.0%.
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Electorate
11,53,363
Turnout
64.0%
Valid votes
7,37,756
Margin
84,187
11.41%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1VIRENDER KASHYAPBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,85,97352.3%
- 2MOHAN LAL BRAKTAIndian National Congress · INC3,01,78640.9%
- 3SUBHASH CHANDERAam Aadmi Party · AAP14,2331.9%
- 4JAGAT RAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,4341.5%
- 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA7,7871.1%
- 6VIRENDER KUMAR KASHYAPIndependent · IND6,1730.8%
- 7GURNAM SINGH KOLIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,9850.8%
- 8SHURVEER SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP4,3850.6%
Since 2009
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +7.0%
- BJP share
- 50.4% → 52.3%
- INC share
- 46.0% → 40.9%
- Turnout
- 55.7% → 64.0%