Mewa Assembly constituency

Mewa
Former constituency for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
LS constituency	Hamirpur
Abolished	2012
Reservation	None

Mewa was one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India.[1][2] It was also part of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency.[3][4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1967	Amar Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Dharam Singh		Indian National Congress
1977	Amar Singh Choudhry		Janata Party
1982	Dharam Singh		Indian National Congress
1985
1990	Ishwar Dass Dhiman		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1998
2003
2007

Election results

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Mewa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ishwar Dass Dhiman	24,421	51.91%	2.72
	INC	Suresh Kumar	14,046	29.86%	16.47
	Independent	Prem Kaushal	6,836	14.53%	New
	BSP	Dr. Lal Singh Mastana	1,227	2.61%	1.86
	LJP	Ranjeet Kumar	500	1.06%	New
Margin of victory			10,375	22.05%	19.18
Turnout			47,044	65.49%	8.69
Registered electors			71,833		15.09
	BJP hold		Swing	2.72

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Mewa[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ishwar Dass Dhiman	22,778	49.19%	4.35
	INC	Suresh Kumar	21,449	46.32%	7.32
	Independent	Amin Chand	943	2.04%	New
	HVC	Ishwari Devi	588	1.27%	2.72
	BSP	Dhani Ram Shukla	345	0.75%	0.70
Margin of victory			1,329	2.87%	11.67
Turnout			46,302	74.19%	3.53
Registered electors			62,416		18.38
	BJP hold		Swing	4.35

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Mewa[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ishwar Dass Dhiman	19,949	53.55%	3.91
	INC	Prem Kaushal	14,532	39.01%	9.33
	HVC	Dharam Dass	1,486	3.99%	New
	CPI(M)	Braham Dass	750	2.01%	New
	BSP	Madan Lal	538	1.44%	0.46
Margin of victory			5,417	14.54%	13.25
Turnout			37,255	71.28%	2.70
Registered electors			52,727		3.80
	BJP hold		Swing	3.91

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Mewa[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ishwar Dass Dhiman	17,134	49.63%	16.02
	INC	Neeraj Kumar	16,687	48.34%	20.27
	BSP	Zulfi Ram	338	0.98%	1.23
Margin of victory			447	1.29%	36.28
Turnout			34,520	68.41%	1.99
Registered electors			50,796		5.60
	BJP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Mewa[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ishwar Dass Dhiman	20,832	65.65%	20.31
	INC	Dharam Singh	8,908	28.07%	24.85
	CPI	Mukesh Kumar	934	2.94%	New
	BSP	Mehar Singh	700	2.21%	New
	Doordarshi Party	Prem Chand	356	1.12%	New
Margin of victory			11,924	37.58%	30.00
Turnout			31,730	66.60%	3.51
Registered electors			48,101		31.63
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	12.73

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Mewa[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dharam Singh	13,437	52.93%	1.40
	BJP	Mela Ram	11,512	45.35%	2.06
	Independent	Om Prakash	296	1.17%	New
	Independent	Bhagat Ram	142	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			1,925	7.58%	0.66
Turnout			25,387	70.06%	4.11
Registered electors			36,542		4.18
	INC hold		Swing	1.40

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Mewa[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dharam Singh	11,814	51.53%	6.29
	BJP	Amar Singh	9,924	43.29%	New
	Independent	Gian Chand	1,059	4.62%	New
	Independent	Sita Ram	129	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			1,890	8.24%	2.09
Turnout			22,926	66.23%	13.04
Registered electors			35,077		10.53
	INC gain from JP		Swing	0.14

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Mewa[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Amar Singh Choudhry	8,533	51.39%	New
	INC	Dharam Singh	7,512	45.24%	7.69
	Independent	Mela Ram	558	3.36%	New
Margin of victory			1,021	6.15%	16.50
Turnout			16,603	53.16%	6.29
Registered electors			31,736		7.78
	JP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Mewa[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dharam Singh	7,173	52.93%	26.30
	Independent	Rup Singh Phul	4,104	30.29%	New
	ABJS	Amar Singh	2,274	16.78%	44.30
Margin of victory			3,069	22.65%	11.80
Turnout			13,551	47.60%	3.07
Registered electors			29,445		11.41
	INC gain from ABJS		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Mewa[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ABJS	Amar Singh	6,933	61.08%	New
	INC	R. Phul	3,023	26.63%	New
	Republic Party Of India	M. Ram	1,395	12.29%	New
Margin of victory			3,910	34.45%
Turnout			11,351	45.97%
Registered electors			26,430
	ABJS win (new seat)

See also

• Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh
• List of constituencies of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

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