Chandigarh, Chandigarh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Chandigarh (Chandigarh) was won by Kirron Kher (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 46,970 votes over Pawan Kumar Bansal. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Chandigarh, Chandigarh, from 1967 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1967–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Margin
1967	C. Goyal	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	23,939	48.7%	A. Nath (Indian National Congress)	12,616 (25.7 pts)
1971	Amar Nath Vidyalankar	Indian National Congress	48,335	66.9%	Shri Chand Goyal (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)	31,481 (43.5 pts)
1977	Krishna Kant	Bharatiya Lok Dal	70,808	66.1%	Sat Pal (Indian National Congress)	40,426 (37.8 pts)
1980	Jagan Nath Kasuhal	Congress (I)	61,624	49.7%	Ram Swrup (Independent)	33,319 (26.9 pts)
1984	Jagan Nath Kaushal	Indian National Congress	103,090	66.0%	Harmohan Dhawan (Janata Party)	66,300 (42.5 pts)
1989	Harmohan Dhawan	Janata Dal	91,212	42.1%	Jagan Nath Kaushal (Indian National Congress)	3,974 (1.8 pts)
1991	Pawan Kumar Bansal	Indian National Congress	76,628	35.9%	Satya Pal Jain (Bharatiya Janata Party)	15,095 (7.1 pts)
1996	Satya Pal Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	101,137	39.0%	Pawan Kumar Bansal (Indian National Congress)	23,969 (9.2 pts)
1998	Satya Pal Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	119,787	42.4%	Pawan Kumar Bansal (Indian National Congress)	10,366 (3.7 pts)
1999	Pawan Kumar Bansal	Indian National Congress	132,924	47.0%	Krishan Lal Sharma (Bharatiya Janata Party)	5,449 (1.9 pts)
2004	Pawan Kumar Bansal	Indian National Congress	139,880	52.1%	Satya Pal Jain (Bharatiya Janata Party)	45,248 (16.8 pts)
2009	Pawan Kumar Bansal	Indian National Congress	161,042	46.9%	Satya Pal Jain (Bharatiya Janata Party)	58,967 (17.2 pts)
2014	Kher Kirron Anupam	Bharatiya Janata Party	191,362	42.2%	Pawan Kumar Bansal (Indian National Congress)	69,642 (15.4 pts)
2019	Kirron Kher	Bharatiya Janata Party	231,188	51.1%	Pawan Kumar Bansal (Indian National Congress)	46,970 (10.4 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1967

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
C. Goyal	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	23,939	48.7%
A. Nath	Indian National Congress	11,323	23.0%
H. Singh	Swatantra Party	10,258	20.9%
K.R. Palta	CPI (Marxist)	1,580	3.2%
K. Chand	Independent	1,215	2.5%
S. Lal	Independent	360	0.7%
K. Kumar	Independent	163	0.3%
S. Parkash	Independent	127	0.3%
M. Mohan	Independent	103	0.2%
S. Sharma	Independent	87	0.2%

1971

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Amar Nath Vidyalankar	Indian National Congress	48,335	66.9%
Shri Chand Goyal	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	16,854	23.3%
Kanti Prakash	Independent	4,697	6.5%
Roop Chand	Independent	917	1.3%
Ravi Mayor	Independent	370	0.5%
Om Prakash Chopra	Independent	265	0.4%
Mohinder Singh	Independent	239	0.3%
Mahabir Singh	Independent	199	0.3%
Baldev Raj Kapoor	VHP	153	0.2%
Mohan Singh Dugal	Independent	148	0.2%
Ram Piara	Independent	125	0.2%

1977

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Krishna Kant	Bharatiya Lok Dal	70,808	66.1%
Sat Pal	Indian National Congress	30,382	28.4%
Sheila Didi	Communist Party of India	2,481	2.3%
Prem Singh	Independent	1,886	1.8%
Gurcharan Singh	Independent	384	0.4%
Ram Chand	Independent	294	0.3%
Surjit Singh	Independent	272	0.3%
Rajeev Mittal	Independent	247	0.2%
Babu Ram Bansal	Independent	245	0.2%
Mukhtiar Singh	Independent	82	0.1%

1980

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jagan Nath Kasuhal	Congress (I)	61,624	49.7%
Ram Swrup	Independent	28,305	22.8%
Krishna Kant	Janata Party	11,541	9.3%
Ambika Soni	Congress (U)	8,965	7.2%
Sukhdev Khanna	Independent	6,021	4.9%
M.P. Verma	Janata Party (Secular)	1,005	0.8%
Sohan Lal	Independent	911	0.7%
Rajeev Mittal	Independent	474	0.4%
Dilwant Singh Dhillon	Independent	448	0.4%
Mukhtiar Singh	Independent	416	0.3%
Jagat Ram	Independent	374	0.3%
Surya Barayan	Independent	337	0.3%
Banarsi Dass	Independent	283	0.2%
Krishan Gopal Bhagat	Independent	268	0.2%
Mittar Singh	Independent	258	0.2%
Sat Pal	Independent	218	0.2%
B.P. Bagchi	Independent	211	0.2%
Manmohan Sood	Independent	211	0.2%
Narinder Kumar Mittal	Independent	204	0.2%
Chandra Gupat Kapuria	Independent	179	0.1%
Jugal Kishore Puri	Independent	178	0.1%
Subhash Chandra	Independent	171	0.1%
Onkar Nath Ji	Independent	165	0.1%
Keshav Lal Arora	Independent	149	0.1%
Birbal Ram Premi	Independent	149	0.1%
Pramjit Kaur	Independent	113	0.1%
Baburam Bansal	Independent	101	0.1%
Surinder Singh Ahuja	Independent	97	0.1%
Amar Singh	Independent	91	0.1%
Krishan Chand Garg	Independent	91	0.1%
Roshan Lal	Independent	79	0.1%
Durga Dass Bahl	Independent	77	0.1%
Mishra	Independent	77	0.1%
Inderjit Kapoor	Independent	73	0.1%
Iqbal Singh Ratta	Independent	72	0.1%
Yash Aggarwal	Independent	57	0.0%
Surjit Singh	Independent	53	0.0%
Hukam Singh Rana	Independent	37	0.0%
Baldev Raj Kapoor	Independent	32	0.0%

1984

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jagan Nath Kaushal	Indian National Congress	103,090	66.0%
Harmohan Dhawan	Janata Party	36,790	23.6%
Yagya Datt Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party	8,740	5.6%
Pawan Kumar	Independent	1,324	0.8%
Pritam Dass	Independent	1,104	0.7%
Om Prakash	Independent	718	0.5%
Jaswant Kaur	Independent	701	0.4%
Aftab Rai Maini	Independent	396	0.3%
Gurdev Singh	Independent	337	0.2%
Gurbaksh Singh	Independent	286	0.2%
Suraj Sharma	Independent	253	0.2%
Gurcharan Singh Azad	Independent	252	0.2%
Raj Kumar	Independent	219	0.1%
Vidya Bhushan	Independent	207	0.1%
Madan Mohan	Independent	154	0.1%
Dalip Singh	Independent	153	0.1%
Mukhtiar Singh	Independent	147	0.1%
Jagat Ram Goyal	Independent	142	0.1%
Murari Lal	Independent	118	0.1%
Jaspal Singh	Independent	118	0.1%
Nirmala	Independent	116	0.1%
Mohammad Salim Khan	Independent	105	0.1%
G.S.Grewal	Independent	90	0.1%
B.R.Kapur	Independent	86	0.1%
Raj Mangal	Independent	82	0.1%
Ram Chand Puri	Independent	82	0.1%
Mangal Sain	Independent	64	0.0%
Guruparkash Rai	Independent	56	0.0%
Jaswant Singh	Independent	55	0.0%
Surjit Singh	Independent	42	0.0%
Krishan Singh Rana	Independent	40	0.0%
Surinder Kumar Madan	Independent	39	0.0%
Gurdyal Singh Fizi	Independent	37	0.0%

1989

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Harmohan Dhawan	Janata Dal	91,212	42.1%
Jagan Nath Kaushal	Indian National Congress	87,238	40.2%
Dharam Vir Sehgal	Bharatiya Janata Party	26,586	12.3%
Uajagar Singh Sandhu	Bahujan Samaj Party	2,905	1.3%
Chander Gupta Kapuria	Independent	1,661	0.8%
Kamal Kant Garhwali	Independent	1,647	0.8%
Aftab Rai Maini	JNP (JP)	1,336	0.6%
Gurnam Singh	Independent	1,227	0.6%
Kashwa Nand	Independent	882	0.4%
Shyam Bahadur Singh	Independent	300	0.1%
Shyam Lal	DDP	300	0.1%
Jagat Ram	Independent	257	0.1%
Ram Chand	Independent	165	0.1%
Bhupinder Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	133	0.1%
Gurbachan Singh Anand	LKD (B)	132	0.1%
Joginder Singh	Independent	124	0.1%
Surjit Singh Sodhi S/O Veryam Singh	Independent	117	0.1%
Charan Jeet Singh	Independent	96	0.0%
Giani Ram Singh	Independent	93	0.0%
Inderjit Gupta	Independent	85	0.0%
Ajmer Singh	Independent	81	0.0%
Sanjeev Chunni	Independent	79	0.0%
Vishwamitter Mahajan	Independent	64	0.0%
Vidya Bhushan Sood	Independent	49	0.0%
Ved Prakash Anand	Independent	49	0.0%
Surjit Singh S/O Bishan Singh	Independent	44	0.0%
Devi Dayal	Independent	41	0.0%

1991

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Pawan Kumar Bansal	Indian National Congress	76,628	35.9%
Satya Pal Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	61,533	28.8%
Harmohan Dhawan	Janata Party	50,177	23.5%
Harbhajan Singh Osahan	Bahujan Samaj Party	10,068	4.7%
P.J.S. Mehta	Janata Dal	5,905	2.8%
Karam Singh Raju	Independent	1,513	0.7%
Keshwa Nand	Independent	829	0.4%
Shiv Kumar	Independent	749	0.4%
Kuljit Singh	Independent	557	0.3%
Bhajan Kaur (W)	Independent	546	0.3%
Madan Lal Bedi	Independent	496	0.2%
D.R. Dhawan	Independent	305	0.1%
Sanjeev Chunni	Independent	262	0.1%
Surinder Multani	Independent	245	0.1%
Dharam Vir S/O Mam Chand	Independent	232	0.1%
Subhash Chander S/O Des Raj	Independent	218	0.1%
Jaspal Singh	Independent	198	0.1%
Balbir Singh Makol	Independent	193	0.1%
Sukh Lal	KMS	193	0.1%
Daljit Singh	Independent	173	0.1%
Shayam Lal	DDP	154	0.1%
Subhash Chander S/O Paras Das	Independent	145	0.1%
Mohan Singh	Independent	138	0.1%
Jawahar Chand	Independent	133	0.1%
Ajay Jagga	Independent	123	0.1%
Dev Raj	Independent	120	0.1%
Chander Gupta Kapuria	Independent	119	0.1%
S.S.S. Sodhi	All India Forward Bloc	112	0.1%
Dayal Chand	Independent	111	0.1%
Tilak Raj	Independent	102	0.0%
Dharambir S/O Manfool	Independent	102	0.0%
Anil	Independent	101	0.0%
Basheer Ahmed	Independent	93	0.0%
Harbans Lal Mehta	MPP	87	0.0%
Om Parkash	Independent	84	0.0%
Amrit Lal	Independent	67	0.0%
Vaneet Kumar Jaidka	Independent	66	0.0%
Gurcharan Singh	Independent	64	0.0%
Nachhattar Singh	Independent	64	0.0%
Arun Bansal	Independent	63	0.0%
Ashok Kumar	Independent	60	0.0%
Surjit Singh	Independent	59	0.0%
Ram Bahdur Singh	Independent	49	0.0%
Dilwant Singh Dhillon	Independent	49	0.0%
Joginder Singh	Independent	46	0.0%
Narpinder Singh	Independent	42	0.0%
Yoganand Sarswat	Independent	39	0.0%
Tajinder Singh	Independent	36	0.0%
Balak Ram	Independent	36	0.0%
Inderjit Gupta	Independent	35	0.0%
Kuldeepak Goyal	Independent	35	0.0%
Ravi Datt Sharma	Independent	33	0.0%
Attar Singh	Independent	27	0.0%
Jagat Ram	Independent	24	0.0%
Sudershan Lal	Independent	24	0.0%

1996

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Satya Pal Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	101,137	39.0%
Pawan Kumar Bansal	Indian National Congress	77,168	29.8%
Harmohan Dhawan	SAP	45,569	17.6%
Mata Ram Dhiman	Bahujan Samaj Party	10,612	4.1%
Chaman Lal	CPI (Marxist)	6,030	2.3%
Subhash Tamoli	BSP(A)	4,128	1.6%
Ravi Parkash	Janata Dal	2,405	0.9%
Rajinder	SMP	882	0.3%
Ajay Jagga	Janata Party	834	0.3%
R R K Tiwari	PHK	735	0.3%
Ganga Ram	Independent	727	0.3%
Mahinder Kumar	ICS	654	0.3%
M Sadiq	Independent	533	0.2%
Vinod Kumar	Independent	528	0.2%
Vishwavir Sharma	AIIC(T)	513	0.2%
Harcharan Singh	Independent	492	0.2%
Lachhman Singh	Independent	484	0.2%
Deepak Malhotra	Independent	448	0.2%
Ram Hari	Independent	325	0.1%
Gurcharan Singh	Independent	311	0.1%
Deepak	Independent	277	0.1%
Chander Gupt Kapuria	Independent	253	0.1%
Malak Chand	Independent	244	0.1%
Satpal	Independent	233	0.1%
Rajesh Singh	Independent	226	0.1%
Vidya Bhushan	Independent	212	0.1%
Madan Lal Vedi	Independent	210	0.1%
Surat Chand Sharma	Independent	200	0.1%
Sudhir Kumar	Shiv Sena	195	0.1%
Sanjay Aggarwal	Independent	192	0.1%
Ram Phal	Independent	189	0.1%
Sat Paul Gupta	Independent	187	0.1%
Naresh Jaggi	Independent	184	0.1%
Jagmohan Singh Johal	Independent	175	0.1%
Om Parkash Chawla	Independent	172	0.1%
Ram Bali	Independent	150	0.1%
Jagtar Singh	Independent	131	0.1%
Didar Singh Kalsia	Independent	130	0.1%
S P Chauhan	Independent	129	0.0%
Jaspal Singh	Independent	127	0.0%
Sanjeev Sharma	Independent	107	0.0%
Kamal Kumar	Independent	101	0.0%
Virender Bajaj	Independent	94	0.0%
Surinder Pal	Independent	86	0.0%
Subhash Chander Katyal	Independent	80	0.0%
Tilak Raj	Independent	71	0.0%
Inderjit Gupta	Independent	71	0.0%
Harish Bawra	Independent	66	0.0%

1998

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Satya Pal Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	119,787	42.4%
Pawan Kumar Bansal	Indian National Congress	109,421	38.7%
Harmohan Dhawan	SJP(R)	41,195	14.6%
Amar Singh Chahal	Samajwadi Party	4,552	1.6%
Sajjan Singh	Independent	2,374	0.8%
Bimla	BSP(A)	1,026	0.4%
Sunil Saini	AJBP	959	0.3%
Ravi Parkash	LS	608	0.2%
V.S.T. Malik	Rashtriya Janata Dal	498	0.2%
Ashok Kumar	Independent	455	0.2%
Inder Mal	Independent	446	0.2%
Shyam Bahadur Singh	AD	283	0.1%
Ram Phal	Independent	258	0.1%
Parkash Kaur	Independent	254	0.1%
Surat Chand Sharma	Independent	205	0.1%
Shammi Walia	Independent	181	0.1%
Satya Pal Chauhan	Independent	151	0.1%
Diwan Singh Chauhan	Independent	102	0.0%

1999

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Pawan Kumar Bansal	Indian National Congress	132,924	47.0%
Krishan Lal Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party	127,475	45.1%
Mata Ram Dhiman	Bahujan Samaj Party	7,781	2.8%
Manphool Singh	Samajwadi Party	4,853	1.7%
Harsharan Singh	Independent	3,251	1.1%
Ram Pal Hans	Independent	2,136	0.8%
Gurnam Singh Sidhu	Independent	975	0.3%
Ravi Parkash	Independent	549	0.2%
Rajander Shrivastava	Independent	527	0.2%
Dilbagh Singh	AJBP	472	0.2%
S.M.Bhatti	Independent	436	0.2%
Palac Shri	Independent	430	0.2%
Bimla Sapna	BSP(A)	411	0.1%
Kartar Singh Hothi	Independent	246	0.1%
Inderjit Gupta	Independent	177	0.1%
Gurvinder Kaur Sodhi	Independent	173	0.1%

2004

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Pawan Kumar Bansal	Indian National Congress	139,880	52.1%
Satya Pal Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	94,632	35.2%
Harmohan Dhawan	Indian National Lok Dal	17,762	6.6%
Hem Raj	Bahujan Samaj Party	6,203	2.3%
Surinder Pal	Independent	3,187	1.2%
Rajinder Bansal	Independent	2,045	0.8%
Dharam Paul Sharma	Independent	1,232	0.5%
Arvind Jain	Independent	718	0.3%
Vinay Kumar	BSJM	515	0.2%
Mukesh Kumar	Independent	488	0.2%
Rekha Sharma	Independent	481	0.2%
Ghanshyam Lal	Independent	376	0.1%
Gurcharan Singh	Independent	312	0.1%
Pushpa Kumar Singh	IJP	269	0.1%
Mohammad Ibrahim	AD	213	0.1%
Bhupinder Pal	Independent	188	0.1%
Daulat Kuldeep Singh	Independent	169	0.1%

2009

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Pawan Kumar Bansal	Indian National Congress	161,042	46.9%
Satya Pal Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	102,075	29.7%
Harmohan Dhawan	Bahujan Samaj Party	61,434	17.9%
Haffiz Anwar Ul Haq	Rashtriya Janata Dal	11,549	3.4%
S K Suri	Independent	2,776	0.8%
Maya Devi	Independent	927	0.3%
Ram Pal Hans	Independent	774	0.2%
Goswami Vishwa Bhushan Bharti	Janata Dal (United)	658	0.2%
Des Raj	Independent	491	0.1%
Ajay Goyal	Independent	465	0.1%
Khem Lal Bansal	Independent	387	0.1%
Paras Nath	AD	366	0.1%
Kafil Ahmad	Independent	321	0.1%
Darshan Singh	Independent	292	0.1%

2014

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kher Kirron Anupam	Bharatiya Janata Party	191,362	42.2%
Pawan Kumar Bansal	Indian National Congress	121,720	26.8%
Gulkirat Kaur Panag	Aam Aadmi Party	108,679	24.0%
Jannat Jahan-Ul-Haq (Naina)	Bahujan Samaj Party	15,934	3.5%
None Of The Above	Independent	3,106	0.7%
Reena Sharma	Independent	2,643	0.6%
Shamsher Singh	Independent	2,054	0.5%
Kawaljit Singh	CPI (ML) Liberation	1,968	0.4%
Pawan Kumar Sharma	Independent	997	0.2%
Ramesh Chander	Independent	743	0.2%
Ajay Singla	Independent	660	0.1%
Khem Lal Bansal	IVD	640	0.1%
Deepak Shukla	Independent	613	0.1%
Dharmender Singh	HEP	566	0.1%
Surender Kumar	BMP	550	0.1%
Surinder Bhardwaj	Janata Dal (United)	434	0.1%
Amarjit Kaur	Independent	397	0.1%
Jasmer Singh	Independent	389	0.1%

2019

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kirron Kher	Bharatiya Janata Party	231,188	51.1%
Pawan Kumar Bansal	Indian National Congress	184,218	40.7%
Harmohan Dhawan	Aam Aadmi Party	13,781	3.0%
Parveen Kumar	Bahujan Samaj Party	7,396	1.6%
Avinash Singh Sharma	CKAP	3,186	0.7%
Satybir Singh	BMFP	1,578	0.3%
Manjeet Singh Bohat	Independent	1,062	0.2%
Sandeep Bidla	BMP	920	0.2%
Yogesh Dhingra	Independent	731	0.2%
Shambhu	SAKP	658	0.1%
Nidhi Kansal	Independent	569	0.1%
Sharmila Johari	BPP	531	0.1%
Satish Kumar	JSP	486	0.1%
Sarabjeet Singh Sohal	BRP	461	0.1%
Sanjay Balaan	BJSP	452	0.1%
Devi Sirohi	Independent	428	0.1%
Boota Singh	Independent	392	0.1%
Lashkar Singh	CPI(ML)RS	377	0.1%
Jagdish Kumar Nidan	HSS	365	0.1%
Tejinder Singh Walia	Independent	320	0.1%
Subhash Tamoli	BSP(A)	312	0.1%
Raj Kamal Singh	Independent	289	0.1%
Ramneet	BKP	285	0.1%
Mukesh Pachara	ANC	245	0.1%
Subhash Chander Goyal	RPI(A)	212	0.0%
Prem Lata	Independent	212	0.0%
Jyoti	ABAD	209	0.0%
Akhlesh Kumar	Independent	206	0.0%
Yograj Sahota	RJP	194	0.0%
Gurmail Singh	AIFB	164	0.0%
Nawab Ali	RLP	158	0.0%
Uday Raj	Independent	156	0.0%
Bhupinder Kaur	Samyukta Socialist Party	143	0.0%
Karan Vasudeva	Independent	136	0.0%
Sunita	Independent	112	0.0%
Ram Kumar	Independent	101	0.0%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

Trend

Chandigarh has been contested at 14 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1967. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Chandigarh in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Kirron Kher (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Chandigarh, Chandigarh, in 2019 with 231,188 votes (51.1%), a margin of 46,970 votes over Pawan Kumar Bansal.

Which parties have won Chandigarh since 1967?

Since 1967, Chandigarh has been won by: Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal.

What was the closest result in Chandigarh?

The closest result on record for Chandigarh was 1989, when Janata Dal beat Indian National Congress by just 3,974 votes (1.8 percentage points).