Independent on Shimla

State 2 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 0 OF 51 contested

IND never finished second here

Strike rate

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 51 published candidatures

Best vote share2.80%in 1980

Worst vote share0.00%in 1996

Average vote share0.52% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1980

Last contested2019

Votes polled here1.2 Lacross all 51 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Independent vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1977, 1998, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

51 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2019	Ravi Kumar Dalit	3,608	0.40%	5	Lost · 5th
2014	Virender Kumar Kashyap	6,173	0.80%	5	Lost · 5th
2009	Shurvir Singh	6,254	1.00%	4	Lost · 4th
2009	Roop Ram	3,510	0.60%	5	Lost · 5th
2004	Rameshwari Kanwar	5,566	0.90%	4	Lost · 4th
2004	Khushi Ram	1,160	0.20%	8	Lost · 8th
2004	Col. Matwar Singh ( RETD.)	4,253	0.70%	6	Lost · 6th
2004	Gopi Chand	3,168	0.50%	7	Lost · 7th
2004	Capt. S. S. Kalmotia ( RETD.)	1,158	0.20%	9	Lost · 9th
1999	Prahlad Bhagat	313	0.10%	7	Lost · 7th
1999	Yashpal Sharma	2,302	0.40%	4	Lost · 4th
1999	Gopi Chand Attari	2,295	0.40%	5	Lost · 5th
1996	Rattan Chand	489	0.10%	13	Lost · 13th
1996	Gopi Chand Attri	1,604	0.30%	6	Lost · 6th
1996	Sushma Sandal	174	0.00%	16	Lost · 16th
1996	Rattan Lal	416	0.10%	14	Lost · 14th
1996	Chaman Lal	767	0.20%	8	Lost · 8th
1996	Ramesh Kumar Sharma	293	0.10%	15	Lost · 15th
1996	Rakesh Mohan Kalia	541	0.10%	12	Lost · 12th
1991	Gian Chand Paniala	306	0.10%	16	Lost · 16th
1991	Thakur Sajinder Singh Sepehyia	489	0.10%	13	Lost · 13th
1991	Kishore Kumar Rana	1,773	0.40%	7	Lost · 7th
1991	Krishan Dev Patiyal	1,751	0.40%	8	Lost · 8th
1991	Madho Ram	1,565	0.30%	9	Lost · 9th
1991	Gopi Chand Attri	6,206	1.40%	5	Lost · 5th
1991	Rattan Singh Dhadwal	908	0.20%	11	Lost · 11th
1991	Anand Ram Sewal	242	0.10%	17	Lost · 17th
1991	Hukam Singh Agiakari	339	0.10%	15	Lost · 15th
1991	Pradeep Lakhanpal	435	0.10%	14	Lost · 14th
1989	Master Parmeshwar Dass Sharma	467	0.10%	11	Lost · 11th
1989	Gian Chand	845	0.20%	8	Lost · 8th
1989	Om Parkash	529	0.10%	10	Lost · 10th
1989	Major Ranjit Singh	1,168	0.20%	6	Lost · 6th
1989	Subashchand Dhiman	627	0.10%	9	Lost · 9th
1984	Paras Ram Durbasha	2,230	0.60%	6	Lost · 6th
1984	Sham Lal Sandal	867	0.20%	8	Lost · 8th
1984	Ramesh Chand	4,720	1.20%	4	Lost · 4th
1984	Kashmir Singh	10,466	2.70%	3	Lost · 3rd
1984	Lal Chand	800	0.20%	9	Lost · 9th
1984	Ashwani Kumar	520	0.10%	10	Lost · 10th
1984	Gurbax Singh	3,888	1.00%	5	Lost · 5th
1984	Devi Ram Sharma	1,091	0.30%	7	Lost · 7th
1984	Anand Ram Sewal	515	0.10%	11	Lost · 11th
1980	Bala Ram	1,793	0.50%	8	Lost · 8th
1980	Prem Dutt Alias Prem Prabhakar	1,645	0.40%	9	Lost · 9th
1980	Hem Singh	10,152	2.80%	3	Lost · 3rd
1980	Hukam Singh Agiakari	7,401	2.00%	4	Lost · 4th
1980	Jagdamba Parshad	4,062	1.10%	6	Lost · 6th
1980	Hari Singh	4,164	1.10%	5	Lost · 5th
1980	Parmeshwari Das	3,029	0.80%	7	Lost · 7th
1980	Khushi Ram	1,109	0.30%	10	Lost · 10th

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Shimla

Publisher: Election Commission of India
Retrieved: 2026-09-12
Computed: 2026-09-12 22:35 UTC

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