The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the ruling party at the Centre. It is one of the two major political parties in India. In terms of primary membership, the BJP is the largest party in the world. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani were the party's founding members. In the 2017 Assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh, the BJP fielded candidates in all 68 seats. While the BJP won 44 seats, none of its candidates lost their deposits. It was polled 48.79 per cent of the total valid votes. In 2012, the party had contested 68 seats and managed to win 26 seats. It received 38.47 per cent of the total valid votes polled. The party ruled the state under the leadership of Shanta Kumar from 1990 to 1992, Prem Kumar Dhumal from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2012. Jairam Thakur became the CM in 2017.
- | Party | Candidate | Assembly | Result | Vote % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jai Ram Thakur Seraj | ![]() |
Jai Ram Thakur | Seraj |
Won
|
75.70 % |
Ranbir Singh Nurpur | ![]() |
Ranbir Singh | Nurpur |
Won
|
62.45 % |
Dhavinder Singh Dalhousie | ![]() |
Dhavinder Singh | Dalhousie |
Won
|
57.49 % |
Deep Raj Karsog | ![]() |
Deep Raj | Karsog |
Won
|
57.36 % |
Pawan Kumar Kajal Kangra | ![]() |
Pawan Kumar Kajal | Kangra |
Won
|
55.64 % |
Dr. Janak Raj Bharmour | ![]() |
Dr. Janak Raj | Bharmour |
Won
|
53.68 % |
Anil Sharma Mandi | ![]() |
Anil Sharma | Mandi |
Won
|
53.37 % |
Hans Raj Churah | ![]() |
Hans Raj | Churah |
Won
|
51.49 % |
Satpal Singh Satti Una | ![]() |
Satpal Singh Satti | Una |
Won
|
50.05 % |
Puran Chand Darang | ![]() |
Puran Chand | Darang |
Won
|
49.76 % |
Inder Singh Balh | ![]() |
Inder Singh | Balh |
Won
|
49.12 % |
Vipin Singh Parmar Sullah | ![]() |
Vipin Singh Parmar | Sullah |
Won
|
48.35 % |
Prakash Prem Kumar Jogindernagar | ![]() |
Prakash Prem Kumar | Jogindernagar |
Won
|
47.87 % |
Trilok Jamwal Bilaspur | ![]() |
Trilok Jamwal | Bilaspur |
Won
|
47.76 % |
Randhir Sharma Sri Naina Deviji | ![]() |
Randhir Sharma | Sri Naina Deviji |
Won
|
47.23 % |
Sukh Ram Paonta Sahib | ![]() |
Sukh Ram | Paonta Sahib |
Won
|
46.93 % |
Jeet Ram Katwal Jhanduta | ![]() |
Jeet Ram Katwal | Jhanduta |
Won
|
46.72 % |
Vinod Kumar Nachan | ![]() |
Vinod Kumar | Nachan |
Won
|
46.40 % |
Rakesh Kumar Sundernagar | ![]() |
Rakesh Kumar | Sundernagar |
Won
|
44.16 % |
Dalip Thakur Sarkaghat | ![]() |
Dalip Thakur | Sarkaghat |
Won
|
42.89 % |
Balbir Singh Verma Chopal | ![]() |
Balbir Singh Verma | Chopal |
Won
|
41.58 % |
Surender Shourie Banjar | ![]() |
Surender Shourie | Banjar |
Won
|
40.44 % |
Bikram Singh Jaswan-Pragpur | ![]() |
Bikram Singh | Jaswan-Pragpur |
Won
|
38.27 % |
Lokender Kumar Anni | ![]() |
Lokender Kumar | Anni |
Won
|
35.77 % |
Reena Pachhad | ![]() |
Reena | Pachhad |
Won
|
34.52 % |
Ranjit Singh Rana Sujanpur | ![]() |
Ranjit Singh Rana | Sujanpur |
Lost
|
49.07 % |
Baldev Singh Shillai | ![]() |
Baldev Singh | Shillai |
Lost
|
48.58 % |
Kaul Singh Rampur | ![]() |
Kaul Singh | Rampur |
Lost
|
48.09 % |
Dr. Rajeev Bindal Nahan | ![]() |
Dr. Rajeev Bindal | Nahan |
Lost
|
47.75 % |
Sanjay Guleria Jawali | ![]() |
Sanjay Guleria | Jawali |
Lost
|
47.16 % |
Rajat Thakur Dharampur | ![]() |
Rajat Thakur | Dharampur |
Lost
|
46.84 % |
Narain Singh Sri Renukaji | ![]() |
Narain Singh | Sri Renukaji |
Lost
|
46.55 % |
Vijay Kumar Nadaun | ![]() |
Vijay Kumar | Nadaun |
Lost
|
46.14 % |
Ravinder Kumar Dhiman Jai Singhpur | ![]() |
Ravinder Kumar Dhiman | Jai Singhpur |
Lost
|
45.58 % |
Rajesh Kashyap Solan | ![]() |
Rajesh Kashyap | Solan |
Lost
|
44.93 % |
Balbir Singh Chintpurni | ![]() |
Balbir Singh | Chintpurni |
Lost
|
44.87 % |
Govind Singh Thakur Manali | ![]() |
Govind Singh Thakur | Manali |
Lost
|
44.57 % |
Trilok Kapoor Palampur | ![]() |
Trilok Kapoor | Palampur |
Lost
|
44.45 % |
Mulkh Raj Baijnath | ![]() |
Mulkh Raj | Baijnath |
Lost
|
44.41 % |
Dr.Ram Lal Markanda Lahaul and Spiti | ![]() |
Dr.Ram Lal Markanda | Lahaul and Spiti |
Lost
|
44.32 % |
Chetan Singh Bragta Jubbal-Kotkhai | ![]() |
Chetan Singh Bragta | Jubbal-Kotkhai |
Lost
|
44.15 % |
Rajinder Garg Ghumarwin | ![]() |
Rajinder Garg | Ghumarwin |
Lost
|
43.72 % |
Virender Kanwar Kutlehar | ![]() |
Virender Kanwar | Kutlehar |
Lost
|
43.49 % |
Dr. Anil Dhiman Bhoranj | ![]() |
Dr. Anil Dhiman | Bhoranj |
Lost
|
43.05 % |
Ram Kumar Haroli | ![]() |
Ram Kumar | Haroli |
Lost
|
42.23 % |
Reeta Devi Indora | ![]() |
Reeta Devi | Indora |
Lost
|
42.22 % |
Sanjay Sood Shimla | ![]() |
Sanjay Sood | Shimla |
Lost
|
41.48 % |
Bikram Singh Bhattiyat | ![]() |
Bikram Singh | Bhattiyat |
Lost
|
41.10 % |
Paramjeet Singh Pammi Doon | ![]() |
Paramjeet Singh Pammi | Doon |
Lost
|
40.86 % |
Neelam Nayyar Chamba | ![]() |
Neelam Nayyar | Chamba |
Lost
|
40.63 % |
Rakesh Pathania Fatehpur | ![]() |
Rakesh Pathania | Fatehpur |
Lost
|
40.36 % |
Rakesh Kumar Dharamshala | ![]() |
Rakesh Kumar | Dharamshala |
Lost
|
40.06 % |
Rajiv Saizal Kasauli | ![]() |
Rajiv Saizal | Kasauli |
Lost
|
39.60 % |
Rajesh Thakur Gagret | ![]() |
Rajesh Thakur | Gagret |
Lost
|
37.62 % |
Arun Kumar ( Kuka) Nagrota | ![]() |
Arun Kumar ( Kuka) | Nagrota |
Lost
|
37.26 % |
Sarveen Shahpur | ![]() |
Sarveen | Shahpur |
Lost
|
36.86 % |
Suresh Bhardwaj Kasumpti | ![]() |
Suresh Bhardwaj | Kasumpti |
Lost
|
36.81 % |
Narotam Singh Kullu | ![]() |
Narotam Singh | Kullu |
Lost
|
36.79 % |
Ravi Kumar Mehta Shimla Rural | ![]() |
Ravi Kumar Mehta | Shimla Rural |
Lost
|
36.54 % |
Ravinder Singh Jawalamukhi | ![]() |
Ravinder Singh | Jawalamukhi |
Lost
|
35.78 % |
Surat Negi Kinnaur | ![]() |
Surat Negi | Kinnaur |
Lost
|
31.15 % |
Ramesh Chand Dehra | ![]() |
Ramesh Chand | देहरा |
Lost
|
27.62 % |
Shashi Bala Rohru | ![]() |
Shashi Bala | Rohru |
Lost
|
27.03 % |
Maya Sharma Barsar | ![]() |
Maya Sharma | Barsar |
Lost
|
26.23 % |
Narinder Thakur Hamirpur | ![]() |
Narinder Thakur | Hamirpur |
Lost
|
23.25 % |
Lakhwinder Singh Rana Nalagarh | ![]() |
Lakhwinder Singh Rana | Nalagarh |
Lost
|
23.00 % |
Ajay Shyam Theog | ![]() |
Ajay Shyam | Theog |
Lost
|
21.49 % |
Govind Ram Arki | ![]() |
Govind Ram | Arki |
Lost
|
18.28 % |