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Simla

Name: Simla
Address: IN

Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election 1977

38,625

Electors

19,961

Votes polled

51.68%

Turnout

10,447

Margin

Winner

Daulat Ram Chauhan

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Daulat Ram Chauhan Won Male	JnP	14,105	70.66%
2	Usha Malhotra Female	INC	3,658	18.33%
3	Sunder Lal Male	IND	2,026	10.15%
4	Tilak Raj Male	IND	113	0.57%
5	Hari Krishan Karol Male	IND	59	0.30%

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%