Fatehpur | |
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Constituency No. 8 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
State | Himachal Pradesh |
District | Kangra |
LS constituency | Kangra |
Established | 2007 |
Total electors | 87,913[1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Indian National Congress |
Elected year | 2022 |
Fatehpur is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It is a part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency.[2][3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election | Member | Party | |
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2012 | Sujan Singh Pathania | Indian National Congress | |
2017 | |||
2021[4][a] | Bhawani Singh Pathania | ||
2022[5] |
- ^ By-Election
Election results
Assembly By-election 2021
A by-election was needed for this constituency due to the death of the sitting MLA, Sujan Singh Pathania, on 13 February 2021.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Bhawani Singh Pathania | 24,449 | 42.82% | ![]() | |
BJP | Baldev Thakur | 18,660 | 32.68% | ![]() | |
Independent | Dr. Rajan Sushant | 12,927 | 22.64% | New | |
NOTA | Nota | 389 | 0.68% | New | |
Himachal Jan Kranti Party | Pankaj Kumar Darshi | 375 | 0.66% | New | |
Independent | Dr. Ashok Kumar Somal | 295 | 0.52% | New | |
Margin of victory | 5,789 | 10.14% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 57,095 | 64.91% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 87,222 | ![]() | |||
INC hold | Swing | ![]() |
Assembly Election 2017
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Sujan Singh Pathania | 18,962 | 31.92% | ![]() | |
BJP | Kripal Singh Parmar | 17,678 | 29.76% | ![]() | |
Independent | Baldev Thakur | 13,090 | 22.04% | New | |
Independent | Dr. Rajan Sushant | 6,205 | 10.45% | New | |
BSP | Om Parkash | 830 | 1.40% | ![]() | |
Independent | Bidhi Chand Sharma | 580 | 0.98% | New | |
Lok Gathbandhan Party | Rasal Singh | 392 | 0.66% | New | |
Independent | Dr. Ashok Kumar Somal | 375 | 0.63% | New | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 329 | 0.55% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,284 | 2.16% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 59,401 | 73.52% | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 80,793 | ![]() | |||
INC hold | Swing | ![]() |
See also
References
- ^ "Election Department, Himachal Pradesh". himachal.nic.in. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Fatehpur Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "Congress wins Fatehpur bypoll in Himachal". Tribuneindia News Service. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ "Veteran Congress MLA, ex-minister Sujan Singh Pathania dies at 77". The Hindu. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "Bye Elections 2021 (Parliamentary and Assemblies)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 8 July 2021.
External links
- "Results of Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.