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Indian National Congress on Shimla

State 2 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat
Record on this seat

WON 2 OF 12 contested

INC runner-up 10 times
Strike rate
16.7%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 12 published candidatures
Best vote share61.80%in 1984
Worst vote share30.50%in 2019
Average vote share43.43% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2024
Votes polled here30.78 Lacross all 12 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Indian National Congress vote share in Shimla, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 70 per cent. Years the party did not contest are left blank rather than plotted at zero. Ringed points are years it won the seat.0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%1977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024

Indian National Congress 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: 1980 — the seat went to the polls in that year and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

12 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2024 Vinod Sultanpuri 4,28,297 44.20% 2 Lost · 2nd
2019 Dhani Ram Shandil 2,78,668 30.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
2014 Mohan Lal Brakta 3,01,786 40.90% 2 Lost · 2nd
2009 Dhani Ram Shandil 2,83,619 46.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
2004 Thakur Ram Lal 3,11,628 47.90% 2 Lost · 2nd
1999 Thakur Ram Lal 2,06,925 37.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
1998 Maj.Gen.Bikram Singh 2,41,722 37.80% 2 Lost · 2nd
1996 Major General Vikram Singh (RETD) 2,43,039 48.60% 1 Won
1991 Narain Chandra Parashar 2,02,232 44.20% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Narianchand Prashar 2,05,854 41.40% 2 Lost · 2nd
1984 Narain Chand 2,42,214 61.80% 1 Won
1977 Narain Chand 1,32,460 40.90% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Bharatiya Janta PartyBharatiya Lok DalIndian National Congress (I)Janta PartyIndependentBahujan Samaj PartyCommunist Party Of IndiaJanata DalAam Aadmi PartyHimachal Vikash CongressDoordarshi PartyAll India Forward BlocCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)Rashtriya Devbhumi PartyJharkhand PartyAkhil Bhartiya Parivar PartyJanata Dal (Secular)Samajwadi PartyAll India Rashtriya Janata PartyNationalist Congress PartyRashtriya Azad ManchIndian Congress (SOCIALIST)Janata Pary (JP)Shiv SenaSamata PartyIndian Congress (SOCIALIST- SARAT CHANDRA SINHA)Rashtriya Nayay PartyAll India Indira Congress (TIWARI)

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Shimla
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-12
Computed
2026-09-12 18:43 UTC

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