Mandi Lok Sabha constituency

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Mandi
Rampur
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2021
Preceded byRam Swaroop Sharma

Mandi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. Pratibha Singh, representing INC, won the last Lok Sabha byelection in 2021 from Mandi following the death of Ram Swaroop Sharma who won in 2019 general Lok Sabha election.

History

Mandi Parliamentary constituency already emerged as a hot bed of politics where not only the BJP and the Congress will fight for their prestige, but is the only seat in the state where the Left front has popped up a candidate.[1] The constituency then was named as Mandi - Mahasu was represented by Rani Amrit Kaur of the erstwhile

Sundarnagar or the erstwhile Suket State
was elected. He repeated his victory in the 1967 elections.

However, in period from 1977 to 1979, the constituency was represented by Ganga Singh who represented the Janata Party, which came to power at the centre immediately after the elections that followed the imposition of emergency in the country and the Congress, under Indira Gandhi was routed. He defeated Congress candidate Virbhadra Singh.

Then came along the man, who called himself the son-of-the-soil, Sukh Ram. He switched from state politics to the Parliament and won comfortably in 1985. In the next election, however, it was again another blue-blooded royal, Maheshwar Singh, scion of the erstwhile Kullu state who drubbed the son-of-the-soil at the polls.

But Sukh Ram bounced back and won again in 1994, but was expelled from the Congress a couple of years later, following the reported recovery of large amounts of cash from his residence. To re-establish his political dominion Sukh Ram floated Himachal Vikas Congress and came back into politics with a bang – winning five Assembly seats in 1998 along with wresting Shimla (reserved) parliamentary seat from the Congress in 1999. In 1998, Sukh Ram's HVC under an alliance with the BJP supported the candidature of Maheshwar Singh, who won easily. In 2004, Congress candidate Pratibha Singh defeated Maheshwar Singh. In the last Parliament elections 2009, Congress candidate Virbhadra Singh defeated Maheshwar Singh by a very small gap.[2]

Vidhan Sabha segments

Mandi Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following 17

Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]

No Name District Member Party
2
Bharmour
(ST)
Chamba Janak Raj
BJP
21
Lahaul and Spiti
(ST)
Lahaul & Spiti Ravi Thakur BJP
22
Manali
Kullu Bhuvaneshwar Gaur INC
23
Kullu
Surinder Singh Thakur INC
24
Banjar
Surender Shourie
BJP
25
Anni
(SC)
Lokender Kumar
BJP
26
Karsog
(SC)
Mandi Deepraj Kapoor
BJP
27
Sundernagar
Rakesh Jamwal
BJP
28
Nachan
(SC)
Vinod Kumar
BJP
29
Seraj
Jai Ram Thakur
BJP
30
Darang
Puran Chand Thakur
BJP
31
Jogindernagar
Prakash Prem Kumar Rana
BJP
33
Mandi
Anil Sharma
BJP
34
Balh
(SC)
Inder Singh
BJP
35
Sarkaghat
Dalip Thakur
BJP
66
Rampur
(SC)
Shimla Nand Lal INC
68
Kinnaur
(ST)
Kinnaur Jagat Singh Negi INC

Members of Lok Sabha

Year Name[3][4][5] Party
1952 Gopi Ram Indian National Congress
1952^
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
1957 Raja Joginder Sen Bahadur
1962 Lalit Sen
1967
1971 Virbhadra Singh
1977 Ganga Singh Janata Party
1980 Virbhadra Singh
Indian National Congress
1984 Sukh Ram Indian National Congress
1989 Maheshwar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 Sukh Ram Indian National Congress
1996
1998 Maheshwar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004 Pratibha Singh Indian National Congress
2009 Virbhadra Singh
2013^ Pratibha Singh
2014 Ram Swaroop Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2021^ Pratibha Singh Indian National Congress

^ bye-poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Mandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kangana Ranaut 1000000 100 0
INC Vikramaditya Singh 0 0
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2021 by-election

Bye-elections, 2021 : Mandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pratibha Singh 365,650 49.23 Increase23.55
BJP Brigadier Khushal Thakur 3,56,884 48.05 Decrease20.70
NOTA
None of the Above
12,626 1.70 Increase1.14
Majority 8,766
Turnout 7,53,566 57.98
INC gain from BJP Swing

2019 Election

2019 Indian general elections: Mandi[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ram Swaroop Sharma 647,189 68.75 Increase18.81
INC Aashray sharma 2,41,730 25.68 Decrease18.78
CPI(M) Dilip Singh Kayath 14,838 1.58 Decrease0.34
BSP Ses Ram 9,060 0.96 Increase0.25
None of the Above
None of the Above
5,298 0.56 Decrease0.29
Majority 4,05,459 43.07 Increase37.59
Turnout 9,43,148 73.60 Increase10.48
BJP hold Swing

2014 election

2014 Indian general elections: Mandi[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ram Swaroop Sharma 362,824 49.94
INC Pratibha Singh 3,22,968 44.46 Decrease16.25
CPI(M) Kushal Bhardwaj 13,965 1.92 New
AAP Jai Chand Thakur 9,359 1.29 New
BSP Lala Ram 21,780 3.0 New
NOTA None of the above 6,191 0.85 N/A
Majority 39,856 5.48 Decrease18.00
Turnout 7,26,094 63.12 Increase11.33
BJP gain from INC
Swing Decrease10.77

2013 by-election

Bye-election, 2013: Mandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pratibha Singh 353,492 60.71 Increase12.89
BJP Jai Ram Thakur 2,16,765 37.23 Decrease8.63
Independent
Subhash Mohan Snehi 6,057 1.04 New
PRISM Lawan Kumar 5,932 1.02 New
Majority 1,36,727 23.48 Increase21.52
Turnout 5,82,249 51.80 Decrease12.29
INC hold Swing Increase12.89

2009 election

Mandi[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Virbhadra Singh 340,973 47.82 Decrease5.59
BJP Maheshwar Singh 3,26,976 45.85 Increase2.38
CPI(M) Dr. Onkar Shad 20,664 2.89 New
BSP Lala Ram 10,131 1.42 Increase0.12
RWS Hookam Chand Shastri 7,877 1.10 New
Independent
Shan Mohammad 6,405 0.89 New
Majority 13,997 1.97 Decrease7.97
Turnout 7,13,026 64.09 Increase1.18
INC hold Swing

2004 election

Mandi[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pratibha Singh 357,623 53.41 Increase16.30
BJP Maheshwar Singh 291,057 43.47 Decrease18.58
BSP Mohan Lal Sahni 8,671 1.30 New
Independent
Shah Mohammad 8,076 1.21 New
Independent
Kashmir Singh Guleria 4,125 0.62 New
Majority 66,566 9.94 Decrease15.00
Turnout 669,552 62.91 Increase8.35
INC gain from BJP Swing

1999 election

Mandi[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Maheshwar Singh 325,929 62.05 Decrease0.39
INC
Kaul Singh
1,94,904 37.11 Increase1.73
NCP Ravi Thakur 3,657 0.7 New
Independent
Amar Nirgotra 750 0.14 Decrease0.07
Majority 1,31,025 24.94 Decrease2.22
Turnout 5,28,636 54.56
BJP gain from INC Swing

1998 election

Mandi[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Maheshwar Singh 304,210 62.44 Increase29.15
INC Pratibha Singh 1,72,378 35.38 Decrease27.06
Sukh Ram 8,304 1.70
SJP(R) Dina Nath 1,265 0.26 New
Independent
Amar Nirgotra 1,081 0.22 New
Majority 1,31,832 27.06 Increase2.09
Turnout 4,90,660
BJP gain from INC Swing

1996 election

Mandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sukh Ram 328,186 62.44
BJP Adan Singh Thakur 1,74,963 33.29
SP Ganga Singh 6,460 1.23
SHS Subh Ram Thakray 790 0.15
AIIC(T) Chandermani Sharma 3,717 0.71
Independent
Amar Nirgotra 4,608 0.88
Independent
Kanshi Ram 1,954 0.37
Independent
Devender Sharma 1049 0.20
Independent
Bal Krishan 936 0.18
Independent
Diwan Chand Gupta 768 0.15
Independent
Ramesh Chand Gautam 739 0.14
Independent
Jeevan Parkash Sharma 695 0.13
Independent
Brikam Ram 449 0.09
Independent
Ramesh Kumar Garla 294 0.06
Majority 1,53,223 29.15
Turnout 5,25,608
INC hold Swing

1991 election

Mandi[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sukh Ram 233,380 49.70
BJP Maheshwar Singh 2,06,753 44.03
JD Karam Singh 18,112 3.86
SHS Subh Ram Thakray 790 0.15
Doordarshi Party Om Prakash 3970 0.85
JP Prem Singh Thakur 2,829 0.60
Independent
Om Dutt Sharma 1,954 0.37
Independent
Krishan Lal Sharma 1049 0.20
Independent
Amar Nirogotra 936 0.18
Independent
Nawal Thakur 768 0.15
Independent
Gian Chand Paniala 739 0.14
Independent
Jeevan Parkash Sharma 695 0.13
Independent
Brikam Ram 449 0.09
Independent
Ramesh Kumar Garla 294 0.06
Majority 26,627 5.67
Turnout 4,72,718
INC gain from BJP Swing

1989 election

Mandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Maheshwar Singh 234,164 50.36
INC Sukh Ram 2,06,095 44.33
CPI(M) D.N. Kapoor 9,736 2.09
Doordarshi Party O.M. Prakash 5,510 1.19
BSP Dharam Singh 4,489 0.97
JP Naval Thaur 3,423 0.74
Independent
Raj Kumar 1,530 0.33
Majority 28,069 6.03
Turnout 4,64,947
BJP gain from INC Swing

1984 election

Mandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sukh Ram 224,146 67.52
BJP Madhukar Singh 92,495 27.86
INC(J)
Nand Singh 3,817 1.15
JP Het Ram 2,331 0.70
Independent
Kamal Kishore 2,921 0.88
Independent
Narpat Ram Chauhan 2,616 0.79
Independent
Nawal Thakur 2,453 0.74
Independent
Durga Singh Rathore 1,194 0.36
Majority 1,31,651 39.66
Turnout 3,31,973
IC(S)
Swing

1980 election

Mandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IC(S)
Virbhadra Singh 166,949 56.60 New
JP Ganga Singh 1,08,595 36.82
JP(S) Bhagat Guru 12,544 4.25
Independent
Puran Mal 4,626 1.57
Independent
Naval Thakur 2,255 0.76
Majority
Turnout
IC(S) gain from BLD
Swing

1977 election

Mandi[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Ganga Singh Thakur 138,638 53.52
INC Virbhadra Singh 1,02,143 39.19
CPI(M) Tara Chand 8,950 3.45
Independent
Nawal Thakur 7,817 3.01
Independent
Ani Rudh 2,167 0.83
Majority
Turnout
JP gain from INC Swing

1971 election

Mandi[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Virbhadra Singh 114,957 71.95
LRP Mandhar Lal 25,780 16.14
INC(O) Gauri Prashad 6,344 3.97
Independent
Nawal Thakur 4,914 3.08
Independent
Mahavr Prashad 4,587 0.87
Independent
Tulsi Ram 3,182 1.99
Majority
Turnout
INC gain from LRP Swing

1967 election

Mandi[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Lalit Sen 62,596 51.65
Independent
I. Singh 28,331 23.38
Independent
D.S.Ram 26,877 22.18
Independent
N.D. Joshi 3,377 2.79
Majority
Turnout
INC gain from Swing

1962 election

Mandi[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Lalit Sen 46,856 63.56
SWA Ambika Kumari 20,600 27.95
ABJS Kuldip Singh 2,742 3.72
Independent
Tej Singh 3,516 4.77
Majority
Turnout
INC gain from SWA Swing

1957 election

Mandi[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Joginder Sen 57,530 63.47
Independent
Anand Chand 33,110 36.53
Majority
Turnout
INC hold Swing

1951 election

Mandi[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amrit Kaur 47,152 26.89
INC Gopi Ram 41,433 26.63
KMPP Tej Singh 19,872 11.33
SCF
Anokhi Ram 18,988 10.83
Socialist Muni Lal 16,780 9.57
ABJS Hari Dutt 12,053 6.87
Independent
Kahan Singh 19,099 10.89
Majority
Turnout
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

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