The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh in North India.Himachal Legislative Assembly The seat of the Legislative Assembly is in Annadale in the state's summer capital of Shimla. Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly consists of 68 members elected directly from single-seat constituencies using the first-past-the-post system. The present constituencies were established following the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies in 2008.
Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and the Scheduled Castes (SC) and have been given reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs. In Himachal Pradesh, the Scheduled Tribes primarily include the Gaddis, Lahaula, Pangwala, Kinnauris, Bodh and other communities. Of the 68 constituencies, 17 are reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and three are reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.
Current constituencies +Constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly#ConstituencynameReserved for(SC/ST/None)Electorate(2022)DistrictLok Sabhaconstituency 1 Churah SC Chamba Kangra 2 Bharmour ST Mandi 3 Chamba None Kangra 4 Dalhousie 5 Bhattiyat 6 Nurpur Kangra 7 Indora SC 8 Fatehpur None 9 Jawali 10 Dehra Hamirpur 11 Jaswan-Pragpur 12 Jawalamukhi Kangra 13 Jaisinghpur SC 14 Sullah None ,905 15 Nagrota 16 Kangra 17 Shahpur 18 Dharamshala 19 Palampur 20 Baijnath SC 21 Lahaul and Spiti ST Lahaul and SpitiMandi 22 Manali None Kullu 23 Kullu 24 Banjar 25 Anni SC 26 Karsog Mandi 27 Sundernagar 28 Nachan SC 29 Seraj None 30 Darang 31 Jogindernagar 32 Dharampur Hamirpur 33 Mandi Mandi 34 Balh SC 35 Sarkaghat None 36 Bhoranj SC HamirpurHamirpur 37 Sujanpur None 38 Hamirpur 39 Barsar 40 Nadaun 41 Chintpurni SC Una 42 Gagret None 43 Haroli 44 Una 45 Kutlehar 46 Jhanduta SC Bilaspur 47 Ghumarwin None 48 Bilaspur 49 Sri Naina Deviji 50 Arki SolanShimla 51 Nalagarh 52 Doon 53 Solan SC 54 Kasauli 55 Pachhad Sirmaur 56 Nahan None 57 Sri Renukaji SC 58 Paonta Sahib None 59 Shillai 60 Chopal Shimla 61 Theog 62 Kasumpti 63 Shimla 64 Shimla Rural 65 Jubbal-Kotkhai 66 Rampur SC Mandi 67 Rohru SC Shimla 68 Kinnaur ST Kinnaur Mandi
Former constituencies + # Name Year ofdisestablishment1Bamsan20082Guler20083 Banikhet20084Chachiot20085Kumarsain20086Thural20087Mewa20088Rajnagar20089Paonta Doon200810Gangath200811Jaswan200812Pragpur2008
References
External links Map of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Published by Election commission