Chachiot Assembly constituency

Chachiot
Former constituency for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
LS constituency	Mandi
Established	1951
Abolished	2012
Reservation	None

Chachiot was one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. It was also part of Mandi Lok Sabha constituency.^[1][2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Krishna Chandar Piru		Indian National Congress
1967	Karam Singh
1972
1977	Moti Ram		Janata Party
1982			Independent politician
1985	Shivlal Sharma		Indian National Congress
1990	Moti Ram
1993			Indian National Congress
1998	Jai Ram Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party
2003
2007

Election results

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Chachiot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jai Ram Thakur	27,102	49.50%	5.86
	INC	Shivlal Sharma	23,917	43.68%	24.69
	CPI(M)	Jagdish Thakur	1,675	3.06%	New
	BSP	Jagdish Reddy	1,304	2.38%	New
Margin of victory			3,185	5.82%	9.92
Turnout			54,755	82.82%	0.48
Registered electors			66,110		12.89
	BJP hold		Swing	5.86

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Chachiot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jai Ram Thakur	21,040	43.63%	4.89
	HVC	Shivlal Sharma	13,452	27.90%	3.77
	INC	Chet Ram	9,158	18.99%	5.15
	LHMP	Jassi Devi	3,664	7.60%	New
	CPI	Sant Ram	907	1.88%	New
Margin of victory			7,588	15.74%	1.14
Turnout			48,221	82.49%	6.27
Registered electors			58,562		12.53
	BJP hold		Swing	4.89

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Chachiot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jai Ram Thakur	15,337	38.74%	15.64
	INC	Moti Ram	9,558	24.14%	4.60
	HVC	Shivlal Sharma	9,553	24.13%	New
	Independent	Damodar Dass Thakur	3,306	8.35%	New
	Independent	Jawahar Lal	692	1.75%	New
	BSP	Mast Ram Chauhan	508	1.28%	3.66
	AIRJP	Het Ram	338	0.85%	New
	Independent	Govind Ram Thakur	296	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			5,779	14.60%	8.96
Turnout			39,588	76.46%	3.33
Registered electors			52,042		9.43
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	10.00

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Chachiot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Moti Ram	9,944	28.75%	9.63
	BJP	Jai Ram Thakur	7,993	23.11%	New
	Independent	Vir Singh	5,592	16.17%	New
	Independent	Shivlal Sharma	5,544	16.03%	New
	Independent	Chet Ram Thakur	3,406	9.85%	New
	BSP	Bir Singh	1,711	4.95%	New
	Independent	Padam Singh	178	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			1,951	5.64%	12.69
Turnout			34,592	73.21%	2.01
Registered electors			47,556		10.47
	INC win (new seat)

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Chachiot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Moti Ram	12,654	41.56%	New
	Independent	Vir Singh	7,072	23.23%	New
	INC	Shivlal Sharma	5,822	19.12%	31.51
	Independent	Bir Singh	4,418	14.51%	New
	Independent	Nok Singh	272	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			5,582	18.33%	10.97
Turnout			30,448	71.11%	3.87
Registered electors			43,047		25.48
	win (new seat)

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Chachiot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivlal Sharma	12,958	50.63%	9.00
	Independent	Moti Ram	11,074	43.27%	New
	BJP	Bale Ram	837	3.27%	5.25
	Independent	Lachhman Das	491	1.92%	New
	CPI(M)	Uttam Singh	232	0.91%	New
Margin of victory			1,884	7.36%	5.41
Turnout			25,592	75.16%	1.37
Registered electors			34,306		5.83
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	7.05

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Chachiot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Moti Ram	10,733	43.58%	New
	INC	Karam Singh	10,252	41.63%	13.22
	BJP	Lal Singh	2,098	8.52%	New
	Independent	Lotam Ram Chauhan	936	3.80%	New
	JP	Jai Chand	608	2.47%	62.07
Margin of victory			481	1.95%	34.18
Turnout			24,627	76.53%	17.86
Registered electors			32,416		16.65
	Independent gain from JP		Swing	20.96

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Chachiot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Moti Ram	10,423	64.54%	New
	INC	Karam Singh	4,588	28.41%	37.25
	Independent	Khem Singh	1,138	7.05%	New
Margin of victory			5,835	36.13%	2.54
Turnout			16,149	58.83%	10.07
Registered electors			27,789		6.49
	JP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Chachiot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Karam Singh	9,374	65.66%	10.45
	Independent	Moti Ram	3,853	26.99%	New
	Independent	Jai Chand	1,049	7.35%	New
Margin of victory			5,521	38.67%	28.25
Turnout			14,276	49.02%	1.75
Registered electors			29,717		0.92
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Chachiot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Karam Singh	8,095	55.21%	32.47
	Independent	M. Ram	6,567	44.79%	New
Margin of victory			1,528	10.42%	5.26
Turnout			14,662	51.64%	16.71
Registered electors			29,447		2.99
	INC hold		Swing	32.47

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Chachiot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Krishna Chandar	2,151	22.74%	New
	KMPP	Ram Singh	1,663	17.58%	New
	INC	Piru	1,653	17.48%	New
	KMPP	Minu	1,529	16.17%	New
	Independent	Gulab Singh	973	10.29%	New
	Socialist	Dugla	883	9.34%	New
	Socialist	Devi Rup	606	6.41%	New
Margin of victory			488	5.16%
Turnout			9,458	33.08%
Registered electors			28,591
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Chachiot Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
2. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

External links

• HP official website of the Chief Electoral Officer

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