Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) was won by Anurag Singh Thakur (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 399,572 votes over Ram Lal Thakur. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, from 1967 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1967–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1967 P. C. Verma Indian National Congress 72,705 51.1% Jagdev (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 3,243 (2.3 pts)
1971 Narain Chand Indian National Congress 153,937 78.1% Jagdev Chand (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 121,783 (61.8 pts)
1977 Ranjit Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 182,582 58.0% Narain Chand (Indian National Congress) 50,122 (15.9 pts)
1980 Narain Chand Congress (I) 200,282 55.4% Ranjit Singh (Janata Party) 72,434 (20.0 pts)
1984 Narain Chand Indian National Congress 242,214 63.0% Prem Kumar Dhumel (Bharatiya Janata Party) 124,933 (32.5 pts)
1989 Thakur Prem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party 237,429 48.6% Narianchand Prashar (Indian National Congress) 31,575 (6.5 pts)
1991 Prem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party 205,970 45.5% Narain Chandra Parashar (Indian National Congress) 3,738 (0.8 pts)
1996 Major General Vikram Singh (Retd) Indian National Congress 243,039 49.0% Prem Kumar Dhumal (Bharatiya Janata Party) 15,113 (3.0 pts)
1998 Suresh Chandel Bharatiya Janata Party 319,631 50.5% Maj.Gen.Bikram Singh (Indian National Congress) 77,909 (12.3 pts)
1999 Suresh Chandel Bharatiya Janata Party 336,172 60.5% Thakur Ram Lal (Indian National Congress) 129,247 (23.3 pts)
2004 Suresh Chandel Bharatiya Janata Party 313,243 47.9% Thakur Ram Lal (Indian National Congress) 1,615 (0.2 pts)
2009 Anurag Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 373,598 53.5% Narinder Thakur (Indian National Congress) 72,732 (10.4 pts)
2014 Anurag Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 448,035 53.6% Rajinder Singh Rana (Indian National Congress) 98,403 (11.8 pts)
2019 Anurag Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 682,692 69.6% Ram Lal Thakur (Indian National Congress) 399,572 (40.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
P. C. Verma Indian National Congress 72,705 51.1%
Jagdev Bharatiya Jana Sangh 69,462 48.9%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Narain Chand Indian National Congress 153,937 78.1%
Jagdev Chand Bharatiya Jana Sangh 32,154 16.3%
Hans Raj Congress (O) 4,760 2.4%
Munshi Ram Independent 4,717 2.4%
Gian Singh Independent 1,621 0.8%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ranjit Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 182,582 58.0%
Narain Chand Indian National Congress 132,460 42.0%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Narain Chand Congress (I) 200,282 55.4%
Ranjit Singh Janata Party 127,848 35.4%
Hem Singh Independent 10,152 2.8%
Hukam Singh Agiakari Independent 7,401 2.0%
Hari Singh Independent 4,164 1.2%
Jagdamba Parshad Independent 4,062 1.1%
Parmeshwari Das Independent 3,029 0.8%
Bala Ram Independent 1,793 0.5%
Prem Dutt Alias Prem Prabhakar Independent 1,645 0.5%
Khushi Ram Independent 1,109 0.3%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Narain Chand Indian National Congress 242,214 63.0%
Prem Kumar Dhumel Bharatiya Janata Party 117,281 30.5%
Kashmir Singh Independent 10,466 2.7%
Ramesh Chand Independent 4,720 1.2%
Gurbax Singh Independent 3,888 1.0%
Paras Ram Durbasha Independent 2,230 0.6%
Devi Ram Sharma Independent 1,091 0.3%
Sham Lal Sandal Independent 867 0.2%
Lal Chand Independent 800 0.2%
Ashwani Kumar Independent 520 0.1%
Anand Ram Sewal Independent 515 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Thakur Prem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party 237,429 48.6%
Narianchand Prashar Indian National Congress 205,854 42.1%
Shankersingh Chandail Communist Party of India 24,191 4.9%
Vaidkashmir Singh Parmar DDP 12,052 2.5%
Teluram Bahujan Samaj Party 4,623 0.9%
Major Ranjit Singh Independent 1,168 0.2%
Parasram Durbasha JNP (JP) 969 0.2%
Gian Chand Independent 845 0.2%
Subashchand Dhiman Independent 627 0.1%
Om Parkash Independent 529 0.1%
Master Parmeshwar Dass Sharma Independent 467 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Prem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party 205,970 45.5%
Narain Chandra Parashar Indian National Congress 202,232 44.7%
Ranjit Singh Janata Dal 12,774 2.8%
Shankar Singh Communist Party of India 12,265 2.7%
Gopi Chand Attri Independent 6,206 1.4%
Kedar Nath Sharma Janata Party 3,005 0.7%
Kishore Kumar Rana Independent 1,773 0.4%
Krishan Dev Patiyal Independent 1,751 0.4%
Madho Ram Independent 1,565 0.3%
Madhu Inder Shukla ICS(SCS) 1,303 0.3%
Rattan Singh Dhadwal Independent 908 0.2%
Vaid Kashmir Singh Parmar DDP 711 0.2%
Thakur Sajinder Singh Sepehyia Independent 489 0.1%
Pradeep Lakhanpal Independent 435 0.1%
Hukam Singh Agiakari Independent 339 0.1%
Gian Chand Paniala Independent 306 0.1%
Anand Ram Sewal Independent 242 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Major General Vikram Singh (Retd) Indian National Congress 243,039 49.0%
Prem Kumar Dhumal Bharatiya Janata Party 227,926 45.9%
Shankar Singh Chandel Communist Party of India 8,383 1.7%
Gyan Chand Dhiman Bahujan Samaj Party 7,554 1.5%
Baldev Sharma Janata Party 1,797 0.4%
Gopi Chand Attri Independent 1,604 0.3%
Joginder Kumar ICS 1,215 0.2%
Chaman Lal Independent 767 0.2%
Bishan Dutt Lakhanpal SAP 754 0.2%
Yashwant Singh Rana RNP 730 0.1%
Ram Gopal Sharma AIIC(T) 718 0.1%
Rakesh Mohan Kalia Independent 541 0.1%
Rattan Chand Independent 489 0.1%
Rattan Lal Independent 416 0.1%
Ramesh Kumar Sharma Independent 293 0.1%
Sushma Sandal Independent 174 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Suresh Chandel Bharatiya Janata Party 319,631 50.5%
Maj.Gen.Bikram Singh Indian National Congress 241,722 38.2%
Major Shiv Ram HVC 33,987 5.4%
Bhagwan Dass Jassal Bahujan Samaj Party 27,459 4.3%
Ranjit Singh Janata Dal 6,864 1.1%
Mohinder Singh AIRJP 3,700 0.6%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Suresh Chandel Bharatiya Janata Party 336,172 60.5%
Thakur Ram Lal Indian National Congress 206,925 37.3%
Chaudhary Gian Chand Bahujan Samaj Party 6,512 1.2%
Yashpal Sharma Independent 2,302 0.4%
Gopi Chand Attari Independent 2,295 0.4%
Ajit Kumar (Chintpurni) Nationalist Congress Party 921 0.2%
Prahlad Bhagat Independent 313 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Suresh Chandel Bharatiya Janata Party 313,243 47.9%
Thakur Ram Lal Indian National Congress 311,628 47.6%
Er. Mohar Singh Mastana Bahujan Samaj Party 9,473 1.4%
Rameshwari Kanwar Independent 5,566 0.9%
Ranjit Singh Janata Dal (Secular) 4,453 0.7%
Col. Matwar Singh (Retd.) Independent 4,253 0.7%
Gopi Chand Independent 3,168 0.5%
Khushi Ram Independent 1,160 0.2%
Capt. S. S. Kalmotia (Retd.) Independent 1,158 0.2%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anurag Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 373,598 53.5%
Narinder Thakur Indian National Congress 300,866 43.1%
Mangat Ram Sharma Bahujan Samaj Party 11,774 1.7%
Er. Sandeep Sharma Independent 6,225 0.9%
Dr. Rajender Sharma Independent 2,607 0.4%
Pankaj Katna Shiv Sena 1,286 0.2%
Raj Kumar RWS 1,216 0.2%
Malkiat Singh RRD 1,167 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anurag Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 448,035 53.6%
Rajinder Singh Rana Indian National Congress 349,632 41.9%
Kamal Kanta Batra Aam Aadmi Party 15,329 1.8%
None Of The Above Independent 6,473 0.8%
Rakesh Choudhary Bahujan Samaj Party 5,827 0.7%
Rajinder Singh Rana Independent 3,687 0.4%
Urmila Sharma Samajwadi Party 2,328 0.3%
Dev Raj Bhardwaj Independent 1,692 0.2%
Shiv Dutt Vasisht Shiv Sena 952 0.1%
Amin Chand Independent 647 0.1%
Ashish Kumar Independent 603 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anurag Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 682,692 69.6%
Ram Lal Thakur Indian National Congress 283,120 28.9%
Desh Raj Bahujan Samaj Party 7,095 0.7%
Krishan Gopal SBP 2,319 0.2%
Radha Krishan Narotra Independent 1,420 0.1%
Vikash Kumar Independent 1,404 0.1%
Tulsi Ram Sharma AIFB 775 0.1%
Parveen Thakur Independent 699 0.1%
Ram Singh Shukla BMP 473 0.0%
Ashok Sharma Independent 412 0.0%
Ashish Kumar Independent 330 0.0%

Margin Over Time

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

1967: Indian National Congress margin 2.3 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 61.8 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 15.9 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 20.0 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 32.5 pts 1989: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 6.5 pts 1991: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 0.8 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 3.0 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 12.3 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 23.3 pts 2004: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 0.2 pts 2009: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 10.4 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 11.8 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 40.7 pts 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Hamirpur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Anurag Singh Thakur (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, in 2019 with 682,692 votes (69.6%), a margin of 399,572 votes over Ram Lal Thakur.

Which parties have won Hamirpur since 1967?

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

What was the closest result in Hamirpur?

The closest result on record for Hamirpur was 2004, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Indian National Congress by just 1,615 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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