Kangra Lok Sabha constituency

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Kangra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India.

Assembly segments

Kangra Lok Sabha constituency presently comprised the following 17 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

Constituency
number		 Name Reserved for
(SC/None)		 District
1 Churah SC Chamba
3 Chamba None
4 Dalhousie
5 Bhattiyat
6 Nurpur Kangra
7 Indora SC
8 Fatehpur None
9 Jawali
12 Jawalamukhi
13 Jaisinghpur SC
14 Sullah None
15 Nagrota
16 Kangra
17 Shahpur
18 Dharamshala
19 Palampur
20 Baijnath SC

Members of Parliament

Year Winner Party
1952 Hem Raj Indian National Congress
1957
Daljit Singh
1962 Hem Raj
1967
1971 Vikram Chand Mahajan
1977 Durga Chand Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Vikram Chand Mahajan Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Chandresh Kumari Indian National Congress
1989 Shanta Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 D. D. Khanoria
1996 Sat Mahajan Indian National Congress
1998 Shanta Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004 Chander Kumar Indian National Congress
2009 Rajan Sushant Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Shanta Kumar
2019 Kishan Kapoor

Election Results

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kangra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kishan Kapoor 7,25,218 72.02 +14.96
INC Pawan Kajal 2,47,595 24.59 -11.20
BSP Dr. Kehar Singh 8,866 0.88 +0.14
IND. Dr. Sanjiv Guleria 4,573 0.45 +0.45
NED Prem Chand Vishwakarma 2,371 0.24 +0.24
NOTA None of the Above 11,327 1.12 +0.03
Majority 4,77,623 47.43 +26.16
Turnout 10,06,989 70.55 +7.03
BJP hold Swing +14.96

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kangra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shanta Kumar 4,56,163 57.06 +8.37
INC Chander Kumar 2,86,091 35.79 -9.76
AAP Dr. Rajan Sushant 24,430 3.06 +3.06
BSP Lal Hussain 5,949 0.74 -1.19
IND. Bhupinder Mehra 5,585 0.70 +0.70
NOTA None of the Above 8,704 1.09 +1.09
Majority 1,70,072 21.27 +18.13
Turnout 7,99,445 63.52 +8.37
BJP hold Swing +8.37

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Kangra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Rajan Sushant 3,22,254 48.69
INC Chander Kumar 3,01,475 45.55
BSP Col. Narinder Singh Pathania 12,745 1.93
IND. Roshan Lal 8,283 1.25
LJP Keshab 7,720 1.17
Majority 20,779 3.14
Turnout 6,61,847 55.15
BJP gain from INC Swing