· AC 43

Dharamsala

Name: Dharamsala
Address: IN

Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election 2003

56,459

Electors

42,623

Votes polled

75.49%

Turnout

5,118

Margin

Winner

Chandresh Kumari

Female

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Chandresh Kumari Won Female	INC	22,181	52.04%
2	Kishan Kapoor Male	BJP	17,063	40.03%
3	Ram Swaroop Male	HVC	2,473	5.80%
4	Uttam Kapoor Male	IND	423	0.99%
5	Jaswant Singh Male	SP	246	0.58%
6	Sudesh Kumar Male	LJNSP	237	0.56%

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	Kishan Kapoor Male BJP	44.16%	Chandresh Kumari Female INC	27.64%
2003	Chandresh Kumari Female INC	52.04%	Kishan Kapoor Male BJP	40.03%
1998	Kishan Chand Kapoor Male BJP	48.94%	Ram Swaroop Male INC	39.00%
1993	Kishan Kapoor Male BJP	37.48%	Chandresh Kumari Female INC	36.18%
1990	Kishan Chand Male BJP	69.45%	Mool Raj Padha Male INC	18.62%
1985	Mool Raj Padha Male INC	48.94%	Kishan Chand Male BJP	43.97%
1982	Brij Lal Male BJP	46.29%	Mool Raj Sharma Male INC	33.92%
1977	Brij Lal Male JnP	58.18%	Chander Verkar Male INC	38.32%
1972	Chander Verker Male INC	29.65%	Brij Lal Male IND	27.79%
1967	R.K.Chand Male INC	37.34%	N.Singh Male BJS	35.72%