Fatehpur, Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency

For the constituency in Rajasthan, see Fatehpur, Rajasthan Assembly constituency.

Fatehpur
Constituency No. 8 for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
LS constituency	Kangra
Established	2007
Total electors	87,913[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bhawani Singh Pathania
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2022

Fatehpur is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It is a part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency.[2][3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2012	Sujan Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress
2017
2021[4][a]	Bhawani Singh Pathania
2022[5]

1. By-Election

Election results

Assembly By-election 2021

A by-election was needed for this constituency due to the death of the sitting MLA, Sujan Singh Pathania, on 13 February 2021.[6]

2021 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election : Fatehpur[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhawani Singh Pathania	24,449	42.82%	10.90
	BJP	Baldev Thakur	18,660	32.68%	2.92
	Independent	Dr. Rajan Sushant	12,927	22.64%	New
	NOTA	Nota	389	0.68%	New
	Himachal Jan Kranti Party	Pankaj Kumar Darshi	375	0.66%	New
	Independent	Dr. Ashok Kumar Somal	295	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			5,789	10.14%	7.98
Turnout			57,095	64.91%	8.06
Registered electors			87,222		7.96
	INC hold		Swing	10.90

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Fatehpur[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sujan Singh Pathania	18,962	31.92%	4.66
	BJP	Kripal Singh Parmar	17,678	29.76%	7.33
	Independent	Baldev Thakur	13,090	22.04%	New
	Independent	Dr. Rajan Sushant	6,205	10.45%	New
	BSP	Om Parkash	830	1.40%	8.37
	Independent	Bidhi Chand Sharma	580	0.98%	New
	Lok Gathbandhan Party	Rasal Singh	392	0.66%	New
	Independent	Dr. Ashok Kumar Somal	375	0.63%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	329	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			1,284	2.16%	11.98
Turnout			59,401	73.52%	3.32
Registered electors			80,793		11.17
	INC hold		Swing	4.66

See also

• Kangra district
• List of constituencies of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Election Department, Himachal Pradesh". himachal.nic.in. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
2. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Fatehpur Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
3. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
4. "Congress wins Fatehpur bypoll in Himachal". Tribuneindia News Service. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
5. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
6. "Veteran Congress MLA, ex-minister Sujan Singh Pathania dies at 77". The Hindu. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
7. "Bye Elections 2021 (Parliamentary and Assemblies)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
8. Election Commission of India. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 8 July 2021.

External links

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

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