Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in September 1993 to elect members of the 68 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and its leader, Virbhadra Singh was appointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for his second term. The number of constituencies was set as 68 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.
The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The present strength of the Vidhan Sabha is 68.
Parties and alliances
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsBharatiya Janata PartyJ. P. Nadda67
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsIndian National CongressVirbhadra Singh68
Result
Elected members ConstituencyReserved for(SC/ST/None)MemberPartyVoteRunner-up Candidates NamePartyvote Kinnaur ST Dev Raj Negi 13746Thakur Sen Negi 12864 Rampur SC Singhi Ram 24116Ninzoo Ram 9638 Rohru None Virbhadra Singh 26976Khushi Ram Balnath 7030 Jubbal-kotkhai None Ram Lal 21745Rajpal Singh Chauhan 4922 Chopal None Yogendra Chandra 16796Kanwar Uday Singh 6490 Kumarsain None Jai Bihari Lal Khachi 21612Bhagat Ram Chauhan 10987 Theog None Rakesh Verma 18088Vidya Stokes 16684 Simla None Rakesh Singha 11854Harbhajan Singh Bhajji 11695 Kasumpti SC Charanjiv Lal Kashyap 20688Roup Dass Kashyap 14455 Arki None Dharam Pal 17077Nagin Chander Pal 11350 Doon None Lajja Ram 14622Ram Partap Chandel 14059 Nalagarh None Vijyendra Singh 17969Kehar Singh 12273 Kasauli SC Raghu Raj 16750Virender Kashyap 10956 Solan None Krishna Mohini 23177Mohinder Nath Sofat 11583 Pachhad SC Gangu Ram Musafir 19021Ram Parkash 12649 Rainka SC Prem Singh 15500Mohan Lal Azad 11786 Shillai None Harsh Vardhan 19092Jagat Singh Negi 12254 Paonta Doon None Rattan Singh 21238Fateh Singh 15648 Nahan None Kush Parmar 15922Shyam Sharma 9070 Kotkehloor None Ram Lal Thakur 18985Krishan Kumar Kaushal 10245 Bilaspur None Jagat Prakash Nadda 17500Babu Ram Gautam 15274 Ghumarwin None Kashmir Singh 20603Karam Dev Dharmani 15019 Geharwin SC Beeru Ram Kishore 20604Kondal Rihi Ram 13304 Nadaun None Narain Chand Prashar 15571Raghubir Singh 14506 Hamirpur None Jagdev Chand 17559Anita Verma 16413 Bamsan None Kuldeep Singh Pathania 13657Lashkari Ram 13442 Mewa SC Ishwar Dass Dhiman 17134Neeraj Kumar 16687 Nadaunta None Manjit Singh 11821Ram Rattan Sharma 11650 Gagret SC Kuldeep Kumar 18059Sadhu Ram 10871 Chintpurni None Hari Datt 14060Ganesh Datt Bharwal 8247 Santokgarh None Vijay Kumar Joshi 13292Kashmiri Lal Joshi 10061 Una None O.p. Rattan 14014Virender Gautam 13212 Kutlehar None Ram Dass Malangar 14846Ram Nath Sharma 13874 Nurpur None Sat Mahajan 28961Megh Raj Awasthi 13870 Gangath SC Durga Dass 16036Des Raj 13448 Jawali None Sujan Singh Pathania 19409Rajan Sushant 17773 Guler None Chander Kumar 19051Harbans Rana 10308 Jaswan None Viplove Thakur 16283Kashmir Singh Rana 8523 Pragpur SC Virender Kumar 13685Yog Raj 11968 Jawalamukhi None Kewal Singh 16558Dhani Ram 13569 Thural None Ravinder Singh Ravi 13685Kanwar Durga Chand 12764 Rajgir SC Milkhi Ram Goma 16035Atma Ram 11090 Baijnath None Sant Ram 18276Dulo Ram 13477 Palampur None Brij Bihari Lal 21212Shiv Kumar 14702 Sulah None Man Chand Rana 16745Shanta Kumar 13478 Nagrota None Hardyal Choudhary 19085Chaudhary Ram Chand 10366 Shahpur None Vijay Singh Mankotia 17972Sarveen Choudhary 16691 Dharamsala None Kishan Kapoor 11950Chandresh Kumari 11533 Kangra None Daulat Ram 20658Vidya Sagar 14342 Bhattiyat None Kuldeep Singh 13595Brij Lal 8681 Banikhet None Asha Kumari 19079Gandharv Singh 13673 Rajnagar SC Vidhya Dhar 18563Mohan Lal 13919 Chamba None Harsh Mahajan 20435Kishori Lal 13585 Bharmour ST Thakar Singh 10225Tulshi Ram 8948 Lahaul And Spiti ST Phunchog Rai 6509Hishe Dogia 5067 Kulu None Raj Krishan Gour 29077Kunj Lal 20423 Banjar None Satya Parkash Thakur 24539Karan Singh 22518 Ani SC Ishwar Dass 20436Tej Ram 18320 Karsog SC Mast Ram 19371Joginder Pal 9144 Chachiot None Moti Ram 9944Jai Ram 7993 Nachan SC Tek Chand 20120Dile Ram 12814 Sundernagar None Sher Singh 16380Roop Singh 10843 Balh SC Nek Ram 19050Damodar Dass 14860 Gopalpur None Rangila Ram Rao 25960Randhir Singh Chamdel 12552 Dharampur None Mahender Singh 20065Preay Brat 11737 Joginder Nagar None Gulab Singh 18412Ganga Ram Jamwal 11070 Darang None Kaul Singh 22482Dina Nath 15848 Mandi None Anil Sharma 23134Kanhaiya Lal 10712
By-elections Shri Adarsh Kumar Sood was elected in a by-election caused by the unseating of the sitting Member Shri Rakesh Singha from Shimla. Smt. Anita Verma was elected in a by-election caused at the demise of Shri Jagdev Chand who died immediately after the declaration of results. Shri Durga Chand was elected in a by-election in 1995 from Sulah at the death of Shri Man Chand Rana. Shri Jagat Singh Negi was elected in a by-election in 1995 at the death of the sitting MLA Shri Dev Raj Negi. Shri Ranjeet Singh Bakshi was elected in October, 1996 in a by-election. The vacancy was caused due to the election of the then sitting Member Shri Sat Mahajan to Lok Sabha.
See also List of constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly 1993 elections in India Government of Himachal Pradesh
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