Solan Assembly constituency

Solan
Solan
Constituency for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
LS constituency	Shimla
Established	1951
Total electors	86,333
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Dhani Ram Shandil
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Solan Assembly constituency is one of the 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh a northern Indian state. Solan is also part of Shimla Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1951	Hira Singh Pal	Independent
1951	Ram Dass	Scheduled Castes Federation
1952	Hira Singh Pal	Praja Socialist Party
1967	K. Ram	Indian National Congress
1972	Krishan Datt	Independent
1977	Gauri Shankar	Janata Party
1982	Rama Nand	Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Gian Chand Totu	Indian National Congress
1990	Mahender Nath Sofat	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Krishna Mohini	Indian National Congress
1998	Krishna Mohini	Indian National Congress
2000★	Rajeev Bindal	Bharatiya Janata Party
2003
2007
2012	Dhani Ram Shandil^[5]^[6]	Indian National Congress
2017
2022

★By Elections

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Dhani Ram Shandil	30,089	51.54%	3.74
	BJP	Rajesh Kashyap	26,231	44.93%	1.64
	AAP	Anju	1,108	1.90%	New
	NOTA	Nota	634	1.09%	0.11
	BSP	Rajinder	323	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			3,858	6.61%	5.38
Turnout			58,385	67.63%	0.16
Registered electors			86,333		6.25
	INC hold		Swing	3.74

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Dhani Ram Shandil	26,200	47.79%	2.12
	BJP	Rajesh Kashyap	25,529	46.57%	5.86
	CPI(M)	Ajay Bhatti	1,632	2.98%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	656	1.20%	New
	Independent	Shashi Kant Chauhan	389	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			671	1.22%	7.98
Turnout			54,819	67.47%	0.08
Registered electors			81,255		12.70
	INC hold		Swing	2.12

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Dhani Ram Shandil	24,250	49.91%	6.13
	BJP	Kumari Sheela	19,778	40.71%	11.26
	HLC	Om Parkash Kant	2,044	4.21%	New
	Independent	Hira Nand Kashyap	1,257	2.59%	New
	AITC	Rajesh Kumar (Thallu Bhai)	563	1.16%	New
Margin of victory			4,472	9.20%	1.02
Turnout			48,584	67.38%	5.49
Registered electors			72,100		1.71
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	2.06

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Rajeev Bindal	23,597	51.97%	17.75
	INC	Dr. Kailash Prashar	19,881	43.78%	19.98
	BSP	Rajesh Kumar Jindal	1,387	3.05%	New
	Independent	Dev Raj	412	0.91%	New
Margin of victory			3,716	8.18%	5.15
Turnout			45,406	61.90%	6.81
Registered electors			73,356		12.50
	BJP hold		Swing	17.75

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Rajeev Bindal	15,332	34.22%	*New*
	Independent	Mohinder Nath Sofat	13,973	31.19%	New
	INC	Major Krishna Mohini	10,665	23.81%	6.79
	HVC	Mohinder Sharma	2,742	6.12%	New
	LHMP	Haminder Singh Thakur	1,576	3.52%	New
	NCP	C. R. Thakur	254	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			1,359	3.03%	6.37
Turnout			44,800	68.78%	8.11
Registered electors			65,204		5.07
	BJP gain from Republican Janata Party		Swing	5.78

Assembly By-election 2000

2000 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election : Solan^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican Janata Party	Dr. Rajeev Bindal	15,042	40.00%	*New*
	INC	Major Krishna Mohini	11,505	30.59%	2.97
	Independent	Netar Singh	11,059	29.41%	New
Margin of victory			3,537	9.41%	9.33
Turnout			37,606	60.92%	4.59
Registered electors			62,057		11.20
	Republican Janata Party gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Krishna Mohini	12,210	33.56%	30.82
	BJP	Mohinder Nath Sofat	12,184	33.49%	1.31
	Independent	Haminder Singh Thakur	9,739	26.77%	New
	HVC	Vinod Kumar	1,063	2.92%	New
	CPI	Jagdish Chander Bhardwaj	598	1.64%	0.02
	SP	Ravinder Nath Parihar	512	1.41%	New
Margin of victory			26	0.07%	32.14
Turnout			36,378	66.30%	6.40
Registered electors			55,805		10.98
	INC hold		Swing	30.82

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Krishna Mohini	23,177	64.39%	28.14
	BJP	Mohinder Nath Sofat	11,583	32.18%	14.91
	CPI	Nagdish Bhardwaj	598	1.66%	New
	JD	Kul Rakesh Pant	261	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			11,594	32.21%	21.37
Turnout			35,996	72.06%	14.49
Registered electors			50,283		13.78
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	17.30

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohinder Nath Sofat	11,882	47.09%	22.81
	INC	Gian Chand	9,147	36.25%	37.24
	Independent	Rama Nand	2,581	10.23%	New
	Independent	Jagdish Chander Bhardwaj	1,076	4.26%	New
	Independent	Prem Sagar	239	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			2,735	10.84%	38.37
Turnout			25,233	57.44%	3.64
Registered electors			44,193		30.49
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	26.40

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gian Chand Totu	15,117	73.49%	*New*
	BJP	Rama Nand	4,995	24.28%	5.68
	Independent	Harbans Lal Sharma	263	1.28%	New
Margin of victory			10,122	49.21%	35.72
Turnout			20,570	61.16%	4.34
Registered electors			33,867		5.59
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	43.53

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rama Nand	6,253	29.96%	*New*
	Independent	Guru Dutt	3,437	16.47%	New
	JP	Kul Rakesh	3,418	16.38%	32.05
	Independent	Harbans Lal Sharma	1,508	7.22%	New
	Independent	Dayal Dutt	1,490	7.14%	New
	Independent	Ram Krishan	1,483	7.11%	New
	Independent	Gokal Chand Mehta	1,077	5.16%	New
	Independent	Gauri Shankar	573	2.75%	New
	Independent	Rajinder Kumar Garg	504	2.41%	New
	CPI	Keshav Verma	315	1.51%	New
	Independent	Kishori Lal Hans	226	1.08%	New
Margin of victory			2,816	13.49%	16.61
Turnout			20,872	65.75%	10.95
Registered electors			32,073		13.27
	BJP gain from JP		Swing	18.47

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Gauri Shankar	7,422	48.42%	*New*
	Independent	Ishwar Singh	2,809	18.33%	New
	INC	Dayal Dutt	2,530	16.51%	22.21
	Independent	Kul Rakesh	1,951	12.73%	New
	Independent	Varinder Kumar	493	3.22%	New
Margin of victory			4,613	30.10%	20.82
Turnout			15,327	54.66%	14.92
Registered electors			28,315		4.72
	JP gain from Independent		Swing	0.42

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Krishan Datt	5,089	48.00%	*New*
	INC	Daropti Devi	4,105	38.72%	7.81
	ABJS	Itwari Lal	865	8.16%	3.11
	Independent	Kishan Dass	383	3.61%	New
	Independent	Telu Ram Baidwan	160	1.51%	New
Margin of victory			984	9.28%	15.03
Turnout			10,602	40.23%	4.15
Registered electors			27,039		19.17
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	1.47

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Ram	4,578	46.53%	46.37
	Independent	K. Datt	2,186	22.22%	New
	CPI	P. C. Premi	1,965	19.97%	New
	ABJS	S. Ram	1,109	11.27%	New
Margin of victory			2,392	24.31%	20.99
Turnout			9,838	45.55%	17.55
Registered electors			22,690		20.13
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	25.11

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Solan^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hira Singh Pal	3,707	21.42%	*New*
	Independent	Chinta Mani	3,132	18.10%	New
	SCF	Ram Dass	3,092	17.87%	New
	INC	Keshav Ram	2,837	16.40%	New
	INC	Hari Dass	2,821	16.30%	New
	Independent	Phagoo	1,280	7.40%	New
	ABHM	Ram Lal	435	2.51%	New
Margin of victory			575	3.32%
Turnout			17,304	60.91%
Registered electors			28,409
	Independent win (new seat)

References

↑ "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
↑ "Assembly Constituency wise Electors as on 15-09-2010" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 6, 158–164.
↑ Sitting and previous MLAs from Solan Assembly constituency
1 2 Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Active Members HP Vidhan Sabha". hpvidhansabha.nic.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
↑ "Assembly Constituency - 14 Solan". Archived from the original on 26 June 2002.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 March 2016.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

External links

"Results of Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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[election2022-1] "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[2] "Assembly Constituency wise Electors as on 15-09-2010" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2011.

[eci1-3] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 6, 158–164.

[4] Sitting and previous MLAs from Solan Assembly constituency

[election2017-5] 1 2 Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[6] "Active Members HP Vidhan Sabha". hpvidhansabha.nic.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

[7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.

[8] "Assembly Constituency - 14 Solan". Archived from the original on 26 June 2002.

[9] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.

[10] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.

[11] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

[12] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

[13] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[14] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 March 2016.

[15] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[16] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[17] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

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