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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 2012

68 seats · 25 changed party since 2007 · turnout 73.5%

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Party standings

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 2012 · 4 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 36 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 26 seatsIndependent — 5 seatsHaryana Lokhit Party — 1 seat3568of 68 seats
  • INC36
  • BJP26
  • IND5
  • HLP1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress3653%14,47,31942.8%68
BJPBharatiya Janata Party2638%13,00,75638.5%68
INDIndependent57%4,10,39312.1%105
HLPHaryana Lokhit Party11%81,0242.4%36
BSPBahujan Samaj Party00%39,5751.2%66
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)00%39,0811.2%16

+ 10 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election, 2012 · winner by seat

68 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 35

2012 · selected
Majority 35
INC36BJP26IND5HLP1
2007 · previous
Majority 35

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2007 → 2012

2007 2012· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
38.9
42.8
43.8
38.5
8.0
12.1
7.3
1.2
INCBJPINDBSP

Seat change

2012 seats minus 2007 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
23 → 36
+13
BJP
41 → 26
−15
IND
3 → 5
+2
HLP
0 → 1
+1
BSP
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2007 → 2012

share lostshare gained
IND
8.0% → 12.1%
+4.2%
INC
38.9% → 42.8%
+3.9%
HLP
0.0% → 2.4%
+2.4%
CPM
0.6% → 1.2%
+0.6%
AITC
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
LJP
1.0% → 0.4%
−0.6%
BJP
43.8% → 38.5%
−5.3%
BSP
7.3% → 1.2%
−6.1%

Biggest INC–BJP swings

Seats where the INC-vs-BJP vote gap moved most, 2007 → 2012. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − BJP share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward BJP.

toward BJPtoward INC
Jawalamukhi
Himachal Pradesh
+47.5%
Bilaspur
Himachal Pradesh
+46.7%
Shillai
Himachal Pradesh
−42.6%
Rohru
Himachal Pradesh
+35.0%
Chintpurni
Himachal Pradesh
−32.7%
Sundernagar
Himachal Pradesh
+29.3%
Shahpur
Himachal Pradesh
+29.1%
Arki
Himachal Pradesh
+25.7%
Nahan
Himachal Pradesh
−25.7%
Palampur
Himachal Pradesh
+24.5%
Jubbal-Kotkhai
Himachal Pradesh
+24.2%
Kinnaur
Himachal Pradesh
+23.6%

Closest races · 2012

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 2012

68 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2007