1962 1967 1972 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 1998 2002 2007 2012 2017
Electorate (lakhs) 95.3 106.9 125.1 139.8 165.8 192.9 248.2 290.2 287.7 332.4 365.9 381.0 435.5
Turnout (%) 58.0 63.7 58.1 60.1 48.4 48.8 52.2 64.4 59.3 61.5 59.8 72.0 69.0
Seats 154 168 168 181 182 182 182 182 182 182 182 182 182
Candidates 519 613 822 848 974 1137 1889 2545 1125 1000 1268 1666 1828
Indian National Congress (Cong), 113(154) 93(168) 140(168) 75(181) 141(182) 149(182) 33(181) 45(181) 53(179) 51(180) 59(173) 61(176) 77(177)
(INCI) in 1980 50.8% 46.0% 50.9% 40.7% 51.0% 55.6% 30.7% 32.9% 34.8% 39.3% 38.0% 38.9% 41.4%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 0(26) 1(16) 3(100) 18(40) 9(127) 11(124) 67(143) 121(182) 117(182) 127(182) 117(182) 115(182) 99(182)
(BJS) till 1975 1.3% 1.9% 9.3% 8.8% 14.0% 15.0% 26.7% 42.5% 44.8% 49.9% 49.1% 47.9% 49.1%
Communist Party of India (CPI) 0(1) - 1(11) 0(5) 0(11) 0(15) 0(10) 0(10) 0(8) 0(1) 0(2) 0(3) 0(2)
0.2% 0.5% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) - - 0(4) 0(2) 0(5) 0(7) 0(9) 0(6) 0(1) 0(1) 0(1) 0(9) 0(5)
0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Janata Dal United (JDU), 26(105) 66(147) 0(47) - - - 70(147) 0(115) 4(91) 2(29) 1(35) 1(65) 0(28)
(JD) 1990-1998, (SWA) 1962-1972 24.4% 38.2% 1.8% 29.4% 2.8% 2.6% 0.9% 0.7% 0.7% 0.1%
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) - - - - - - - - - 0(81) 3(10) 2(12) 1(58)
1.7% 1.0% 0.9% 0.6%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) - - - - - - 0(9) 0(115) 0(7) 0(34) 0(166) 0(163) 0(139)
0.0% 1.6% 0.1% 0.3% 2.6% 1.2% 0.7%
Samajwadi Party (SP), 7(53) 3(37) - 12(131) - - - 0(21) 1(33) - 0(21) 0(67) 0(4)
(KMLP) 1975, (PSP) till 1967 7.7% 3.3% 11.5% 0.1% 0.4% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0%
Yuva Vikas Party (YVP), - - - 2(11) 1(16) - 1(61) - - - - - -
(JPSC) in 1980,(BLD) in 1975 1.5% 0.6% 0.8%
Janata Party (JP), 0(2) - 0(15) 2(3) 21(152) 14(141) 0(82) - - - - - -
(SOC) till 1975 0.0% 0.7% 0.7% 22.8% 19.3% 0.6%
Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP), - - 16(138) 56(101) - - - - 4(168) - - - -
(INCO) till 1975 23.5% 23.6% 11.7%
Rashtriya Mazdoor Paksha Gujarat (RMP), 1(20) - - 1(6) - - - - - - - - -
(NJP) in 1962 2.5% 1.2%
GPP (Gujarat Parivartan Party) - - - - - - - - - - - 2(167) -
3.6%
BTP( Bharatiya Tribal Party) - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(6)
0.70%
Others 0(27) 0(18) 0(2) 0(3) 0(45) 0(153) 0(267) 0(298) 0(41) 0(148) 0(198) 0(154) 0(433)
1.2% 0.4% 0.1% 0.2% 1.2% 0.3% 1.0% 1.1% 0.2% 2.1% 1.8% 0.6% 1.3%
Independents (IND) 7(131) 5(227) 8(337) 15(365) 10(436) 8(515) 11(980) 16(1617) 3(415) 2(344) 2(480) 1(668) 3(794)
11.9% 10.2% 13.0% 11.6% 10.0% 9.3% 10.4% 18.7% 5.2% 5.7% 6.6% 5.8% 4.3%
NOTA - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.8%

Election Dates-1962: February; 1967:February 15,18,21; 1972:March 5,8; 1975:June 8,11; 1980:May 28,31; 1985:March 5; 1990:February 27; 1995:February 20,25; 1998: February 28; 2002: December 12; 2007:December 11, 16; 2012: December 13,17; 2017:December 9,14 (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh,(JD) Janata Dal), (SWA) Swatantra Party,(JPSC) Janata Party Secular Charan Singh,(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal,(SOC) Socialist Party, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh,(JD) Janata Dal), (SWA) Swatantra Party,(JPSC) Janata Party Secular Charan Singh,(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal,(SOC) Socialist Party, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (KMLP) Kisan Mazdoor Lok Paksha, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party,(NJP) Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad.

1952 1967 1972 1977 1982 1985 1990 1993 1998 2003 2007 2012 2017
Electorate (lakhs) 5.3 15.8 18.1 20.0 22.1 23.6 30.6 32.8 36.3 41.0 46.0 46.1 50.3
Turnout (%) 23.2 51.2 50.0 58.6 71.1 70.4 67.8 71.5 71.2 74.5 71.6 73.5 75.6
Seats 36(8) 60 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 68
Candidates 135 269 297 330 441 294 454 416 369 408 336 459 338
Indian National Congress (Cong) 24(35) 34(60) 53(68) 9(56) 31(67) 58(68) 9(66) 52(67) 31(68) 43(68) 23(67) 36(68) 21(68)
47.3% 42.2% 53.2% 27.3% 42.5% 55.5% 36.5% 48.8% 43.5% 41.0% 38.9% 42.8% 41.7%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 0(10) 7(33) 5(31) - 29(67) 7(57) 46(51) 8(68) 31(68) 16(68) 41(68) 26(68) 44(68)
(BJS) till 1975 3.3% 13.9% 7.7% 35.2% 30.6% 41.8% 36.1% 39.0% 35.4% 43.8% 38.5% 48.8%
Communist Party of India (CPI) - 2(11) 0(10) 0(8) 0(20) 0(16) 1(18) 0(12) 0(14) 0(7) 0(8) 0(6) 0(3)
2.9% 2.4% 2.4% 1.7% 1.6% 2.1% 1.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) - 0(6) 1(4) 0(3) 0(3) 0(7) 0(7) 1(6) 0(11) 0(4) 0(7) 0(16) 1(14)
0.4% 1.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.5% 0.6% 0.8% 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 1.2% 1.5%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) - - - - - - 0(35) 0(49) 0(28) 0(23) 1(67) 0(66) 0(42)
0.9% 2.3% 1.4% 0.7% 7.3% 1.2% 0.50%
Nationalist Communist Party (NCP) - - - - - - - - - 0(14) 0(4) 0(13) 0(2)
0.2% 0.1% 0.4% 0.00%
Janata Dal (JD), 1(9) - 2(16) - - - 11(17) 0(32) 0(21) - - - -
(LRP) 1972, (SCF) in 1952 5.8% 5.0% 10.8% 1.1% 0.8%
Himachal Vikas Congress (HVC), - - - 53(68) 2(49) 0(7) 0(19) - 5(62) 1(49) - - -
(JP) till 1990 49.0% 4.8% 2.1% 0.2% 9.6% 5.9%
Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh (LMHP), 3(22) 0(2) - - - - - - - 1(14) - - -
(PSP) 1967, (KMPP) in 1952 14.7% 0.0% 2.2%
Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) - - - - - - - - - 1(27) 0(39) 0(17) -
1.0% 1.0% 0.4%
Samajwadi Party (SP) - 1(5) - - 0(30) 1(3) - 0(1) 0(14) 0(20) 0(10) 0(15) 0(1)
(LD) 1982-85, (SWA) in 1967 1.9% 1.5% 1.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP) - - - - - - - - - - - 1(36) -
2.4%
Others 0(8) 0(5) 0(20) - - - 0(48) 0(26) 0(31) 0(4) 0(6) 0(49) 0(28)
2.3% 0.6% 2.3% 1.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7% 0.3%
Independents (IND) 8(51) 16(147) 7(148) 6(195) 6(205) 2(136) 1(193) 7(155) 1(52) 6(110) 3(60) 5(105) 2(112)
26.6% 38.1% 28.3% 21.1% 14.2% 8.3% 6.1% 9.8% 4.2% 12.6% 8.0% 12.1% 6.3%
NOTA - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.9%

Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Seats

Election Dates-1952: March; 1967:February 18,21; 1972:March 5,8; 1977:June 10; 1982:May 19; 1985:March 5; 1990:February 27; 1993:November 9; 1998: February 28; 2003: February 26; 2007: December 19.

2012: November 4;2017:November 9

(BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (LD) Lok Dal, (LRP) Lok Raj Party Himachal Pradesh. (SCF) All India Scheduled Castes Federation, (JP) Janata Party, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party, (KMPP) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party

(SWA) Swatantra Party