Elections to the

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The seat of the Assembly is at Shimla, the capital of the state. There are 68 Members of Legislative Assembly, al ...

were held in September 1993 to elect members of the 68 constituencies in

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, India. The

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won the popular vote and a majority of seats and its leader,

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was appointed as the

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for his second term. The number of constituencies was set as 68 by the recommendation of the

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. The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one. Unicameralism has become an increasingly common type of legislature, making up nearly ...

legislature of the

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n state of

. The present strength of the

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is 68.

Parties and alliances

Result

Elected members

By-elections

*Shri Adarsh Kumar Sood was elected in a by-election caused by the unseating of the sitting Member Shri Rakesh Singha from Shimla. *Smt. Anita Verma was elected in a by-election caused at the demise of Shri Jagdev Chand who died immediately after the declaration of results. *Shri Durga Chand was elected in a by-election in 1995 from Sulah at the death of Shri Man Chand Rana. *Shri Jagat Singh Negi was elected in a by-election in 1995 at the death of the sitting MLA Shri Dev Raj Negi. *Shri Ranjeet Singh Bakshi was elected in October, 1996 in a by-election. The vacancy was caused due to the election of the then sitting Member Shri Sat Mahajan to Lok Sabha.

References

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Himachal Himachal Pradesh (; Sanskrit: ''himācāl prādes;'' "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a States and union territories of India, state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen Indian Himalayan ...

Parties and alliances

Result

Elected members

By-elections

See also

References