Kumarsain Assembly Constituency
Kumarsain Assembly constituency was one of the 68 constituencies until 2008 delimitation in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh state in India. It was a segment of Simla Lok Sabha constituency. It included areas of Kumarsain tehsil and Sunni tehsil of Shimla district. Post 2008 delimitation, Kumarsain tehsil became part of Theog Assembly constituency and Sunni tehsil became part of Shimla Rural Assembly constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Picture | Party | |
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| 1952 | Ram Dayal | Independent | ||
| 1972 | Jai Bihari Lal Khachi | 
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| 1977 | Bhaskera Nand | |||
| 1982 | Jai Bihari Lal Khachi |
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Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | ||||
| 1990 | Bhagat Ram Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 1993 | Jai Bihari Lal Khachi |
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Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | ||||
| 2003 | Vidya Stokes | |||
| 2007 | ||||
Election results
Assembly Election 2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| INC | Vidya Stokes | 17,375 | 40.85% |  2.21
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| Independent | Pramod Kumar Sharma | 16,125 | 37.91% | New | |
| BJP | Bhagat Ram Chauhan | 7,982 | 18.77% | 1.23
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| BSP | Bala Nand Mehta | 571 | 1.34% | New | |
| LJP | Om Prakash Shrama | 474 | 1.11% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,250 | 2.94% | 7.51
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| Turnout | 42,534 | 68.29% | 3.93
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| Registered electors | 62,280 |  10.05
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| INC hold | Swing | 2.21
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Assembly Election 2003
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| INC | Vidya Stokes | 17,600 | 43.06% | 11.87
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| Independent | Parmod Kumar Sharma | 13,329 | 32.61% | New | |
| BJP | Sandeep Kumar | 8,173 | 20.00% | 2.87
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| HVC | Bhagat Ram Chauhan | 1,772 | 4.34% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,271 | 10.45% | 16.53
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| Turnout | 40,874 | 72.25% | 1.12
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| Registered electors | 56,594 | 13.39
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| INC hold | Swing | 11.87
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Assembly Election 1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| INC | Jai Bihari Lal Khachi | 19,492 | 54.93% | 11.37
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| Independent | Ghanshyam Dass | 9,917 | 27.94% | New | |
| BJP | Sandeep Kumar | 6,079 | 17.13% | 16.57
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| Margin of victory | 9,575 | 26.98% | 5.61
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| Turnout | 35,488 | 72.19% | 1.17
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| Registered electors | 49,913 | 10.65
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| INC hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly Election 1993
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| INC | Jai Bihari Lal Khachi | 21,612 | 66.30% | 20.35
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| BJP | Bhagat Ram Chauhan | 10,987 | 33.70% | 19.47
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| Margin of victory | 10,625 | 32.59% | 25.36
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| Turnout | 32,599 | 72.63% | 2.42
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| Registered electors | 45,110 | 4.20
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| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
Assembly Election 1990
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| BJP | Bhagat Ram Chauhan | 16,078 | 53.17% | 13.35
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| INC | Jai Bihari Lal Khachi | 13,892 | 45.94% | 13.09
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| Independent | Jagbandhan Lal | 213 | 0.70% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,186 | 7.23% | 11.98
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| Turnout | 30,238 | 70.12% | 0.29
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| Registered electors | 43,290 | 27.88
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| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Assembly Election 1985
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| INC | Jai Bihari Lal Khachi | 14,016 | 59.03% | 18.88
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| BJP | Bhagat Ram Chauhan | 9,456 | 39.83% | 19.41
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| Independent | Jagbandhan Lal | 162 | 0.68% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,560 | 19.21% | 0.53
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| Turnout | 23,743 | 70.64% | 4.87
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| Registered electors | 33,851 | 5.73
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| INC hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly Election 1982
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| INC | Jai Bihari Lal Khachi | 9,641 | 40.15% | 10.71
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| BJP | Bhagat Ram Chauhan | 4,902 | 20.41% | New | |
| Independent | Dharam Singh Thakur | 4,623 | 19.25% | New | |
| Independent | Bhaskra Nand | 2,096 | 8.73% | New | |
| Independent | Sunder Lal | 1,507 | 6.28% | New | |
| JP | Devinder Chauhan | 448 | 1.87% | 16.39
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| Independent | Jagbandhan Lal | 241 | 1.00% | New | |
| Independent | Ishwar Dutt Bali | 216 | 0.90% | New | |
| Independent | Brahama Nand Sharma | 211 | 0.88% | New | |
| LKD | Dhian Singh | 128 | 0.53% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,739 | 19.74% | 12.39
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| Turnout | 24,013 | 75.65% | 6.24
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| Registered electors | 32,015 | 12.48
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| INC gain from Independent | Swing | 3.37
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Assembly Election 1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Bhaskera Nand | 7,199 | 36.78% | New | |
| INC | Jai Bihari Lal Khachi | 5,762 | 29.44% | 19.74
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| JP | Sunder Lal | 3,574 | 18.26% | New | |
| Independent | Pratap Singh | 2,257 | 11.53% | New | |
| Independent | Jiwan Ram | 644 | 3.29% | New | |
| Independent | Kishori Lal | 137 | 0.70% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,437 | 7.34% | 6.54
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| Turnout | 19,573 | 69.42% | 3.85
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| Registered electors | 28,464 | 25.87
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| Independent hold | Swing | 13.20
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Assembly Election 1972
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Jai Bihari Lal Khachi | 7,336 | 49.98% | New | |
| INC | Beli Ram Bhalaik | 7,218 | 49.18% | 33.03
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| CPI | Kishori Lal | 124 | 0.84% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 118 | 0.80% | 6.03
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| Turnout | 14,678 | 66.55% | 34.61
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| Registered electors | 22,613 | 40.56
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| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly Election 1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Ram Dayal | 1,513 | 31.04% | New | |
| SCF | Jianu | 1,180 | 24.21% | New | |
| INC | Gobind Ram | 787 | 16.14% | New | |
| ABJS | Hari Datt | 753 | 15.45% | New | |
| Independent | Jai Bihari Lal Khachi | 642 | 13.17% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 333 | 6.83% | |||
| Turnout | 4,875 | 30.30% | |||
| Registered electors | 16,088 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- Shimla district
- List of constituencies of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- Theog Assembly constituency
- Kumarsain
References
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- ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Kumarsain Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "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, 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, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.