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Simla

Name: Simla
Address: IN

Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election 1972

31,314

Electors

14,147

Votes polled

45.18%

Turnout

555

Margin

Winner

Daulat Ram Chauhan

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Daulat Ram Chauhan Won Male	BJS	5,990	42.34%
2	Shiv Dutt Bhardwaj Male	INC	5,435	38.42%
3	Prithi Chand Male	IND	1,880	13.29%
4	Surrinder Singh Ahuja Male	IND	263	1.86%
5	Inder Chand Gupta Male	NCO	184	1.30%
6	J. Jacob Male	SOP	169	1.19%
7	Kali Dass Vasudeva Male	IND	112	0.79%
8	Comrade Joginder Singh Male	IND	70	0.49%
9	Basheshar Dayal Male	IND	44	0.31%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2007	Suresh Bhardwaj Male BJP	38.39%	Sanjay Chauhan Male CPM	30.41%
2003	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji Male INC	38.15%	Sanjay Chauhan Male CPM	31.47%
1998	Narinder Bragta Male BJP	47.25%	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji Male INC	38.91%
1993	Rakesh Singha Male CPM	33.77%	Harbhajan Singh Bhajji Male INC	33.31%
1990	Suresh Bharadwaj Male BJP	47.98%	Rakesh Singha Male CPM	25.90%
1985	Harbhajan Singh Male INC	39.13%	Radha Raman Shastri Male BJP	36.34%
1982	Daulat Ram Male BJP	49.43%	Anand Sharma Male INC	37.61%
1977	Daulat Ram Chauhan Male JnP	70.66%	Usha Malhotra Female INC	18.33%
1972	Daulat Ram Chauhan Male BJS	42.34%	Shiv Dutt Bhardwaj Male INC	38.42%
1967	D.Ram Male BJS	61.15%	G.Chand Male INC	26.68%