Hamirpur parliamentary constituency, where there is strong presence of the BJP party, is one of the four Lok Sabha constituencies in the hilly state of Himachal Pradesh located in the northern regions of India. Covering the entire district of Hamirpur, which is popularly called Veer Bhumi or Martyr’s Land, this constituency houses the Hamirpur town, which is the administrative seat of the district. The Hamirpur Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 3) has a total of 1,187,377 electorates out of which 590,945 are females and 596,432 are males according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports.
As less as 4,54,293 people reside in this district, making it one of the least populated regions in the state. Carved out of the Kangra district in 1972 and now bordered by it, Hamirpur is the smallest district in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The Hamirpur region is famous as a rich educational hub in the state, enclosing top-class institutes and having as high as 89.01% literacy rate.
The economy of the Hamirpur parliamentary constituency besides being reliant on an agricultural backbone as well as some small-scale industries, is primarily dependent on an expansive tourism sector. 17 assembly segments dot the geography of the Hamirpur parliamentary constituency.
Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
Quick facts for Hamirpur |
Assembly Constituencies | 17 |
Ruling Party | BJP
|
MP | Anurag Singh Thakur |
Electorals 2014 | Male | Female | Total |
No. of Electorals | 596432 | 590945 | 1187377 |
Polling stations | 1665 |
Hamirpur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
Anurag Singh Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | 668812 | 0 | 13880 | 682692 | 69.04 | Winner |
Ram Lal Thakur | Indian National Congress | 281000 | 0 | 2120 | 283120 | 28.63 | 1st Runner-up |
NOTA | None Of The Above | 7865 | 0 | 161 | 8026 | 0.81 | 2nd Runner-up |
Desh Raj | Bahujan Samaj Party | 6974 | 0 | 121 | 7095 | 0.72 | 3rd Runner-up |
Krishan Gopal | Satya Bahumat Party | 2264 | 0 | 55 | 2319 | 0.23 | 4th Runner-up |
Radha Krishan Narotra | Independent | 1413 | 0 | 7 | 1420 | 0.14 | 5th Runner-up |
Vikash Kumar | Independent | 1394 | 0 | 10 | 1404 | 0.14 | 6th Runner-up |
Tulsi Ram Sharma | All India Forward Bloc | 766 | 0 | 9 | 775 | 0.08 | 7th Runner-up |
Parveen Thakur | Independent | 695 | 0 | 4 | 699 | 0.07 | 8th Runner-up |
Ram Singh Shukla | Bahujan Mukti Party | 462 | 0 | 11 | 473 | 0.05 | 9th Runner-up |
Ashok Sharma | Independent | 400 | 0 | 12 | 412 | 0.04 | 10th Runner-up |
Ashish Kumar | Independent | 320 | 0 | 10 | 330 | 0.03 | 11th Runner-up |
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Hamirpur Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Hamirpur parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Hamirpur constituency is Shri Anurag Singh Thakur of BJP.
Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Vote |
2014 | 3 | Hamirpur | GEN | Anurag Singh Thakur | M | BJP | 448035 | Rajinder Singh Rana | M | INC | 349632 |
2009 | 3 | Hamirpur | GEN | Thakur,Shri Anurag Singh | M | BJP | 373598 | Narinder Thakur | M | INC | 300866 |
2008 | By Polls | Hamirpur | GEN | Anurag Singh Thakur | M | BJP | 374339 | O.P. Rattan | M | INC | 199673 |
2007 | By Polls | Hamirpur | GEN | Prem Kumar Dhumal | M | BJP | 382128 | Thakur Ram Lal | M | INC | 302069 |
2004 | 4 | Hamirpur | GEN | Suresh Chandel | M | BJP | 313243 | Thakur Ram Lal | M | INC | 311628 |
1999 | 4 | Hamirpur | GEN | Suresh Chandel | M | BJP | 336172 | Thakur Ram Lal | M | INC | 206925 |
1998 | 4 | Hamirpur | GEN | Suresh Chandel | M | BJP | 319631 | Maj.Gen.Bikram Singh | M | INC | 241722 |
1996 | 4 | Hamirpur | GEN | Major General Vikram Singh (Retd) | M | INC | 243039 | Prem Kumar Dhumal | M | BJP | 227926 |
1991 | 4 | Hamirpur | GEN | Prem Kumar Dhumal | M | BJP | 205970 | Narain Chand Parashar | M | INC | 202232 |
1989 | 4 | Hamirpur | GEN | Prem Kumar Dhumal | M | BJP | 237429 | Narain Chand Parashar | M | INC | 205854 |
1984 | 4 | Hamirpur | GEN | Narain Chand | M | INC | 242214 | Prem Kumar Dhumal | M | BJP | 117281 |
1980 | 4 | Hamirpur | GEN | Narain Chand | M | INC(I) | 200282 | Ranjit Singh | M | JNP | 127848 |
1977 | 4 | Hamirpur | GEN | Ranjit Singh | M | BLD | 182582 | Narain Chand | M | INC | 132460 |
1971 | 4 | Hamirpur | GEN | Narain Chand | M | INC | 153937 | Jagdev Chand | M | BJS | 32154 |
1967 | 3 | Hamirpur | GEN | P. C. Verma | M | INC | 72705 | Jagdev | M | BJS | 69462 |
List of Assembly Constituencies in Hamirpur Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Hamirpur parliamentary constituency.
Names of Assembly Constituencies |
Dehra | Bhoranj | Barsar |
Jaswan-Pragpur | Sujanpur | Nadaun |
Dharampur | Hamirpur | Chintpurni |
Gagret | Una | Kutlehar |
Jhanduta | Ghumarwin | Bilaspur |
Sri Naina Deviji | Haroli |
Last Updated on June 26, 2020