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GOVERNMENT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH "ELECTION DEPARTMENT" REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS TO LOK SABHA-2009 HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLISHED BY : ANIL KHACHI, CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA - 171 009. A Statistical Report on General Election to Lok Sabha, 2009 in Himachal Pradesh PREFACE Democracy is enshrined in our Constitution. The two core principles underlying democracy in India are ‘equality before law and equal access to power’ and certain ‘Freedoms and Liberties’ protected by the Constitution. An Essential process in representative democracies, like India, is competitive but fair elections. Elections in India are not merely a process of voting somebody to run the government; it is more like a festival, a show of jubilation, an opportunity to change or reaffirm faith in the ruling political party, ensuring the importance of the individual in the democracy. The election process in India is extremely elaborate. The physical size of the country, its socio-economic complexity and the sheer numerical strength of the electorate call for a multi-phase election, involving a number of step by step processes, right from the announcement of the election dates by the Election Commission of India, which brings in to force the Model Code of Conduct for the political parties, to the announcement of results and the submission of the list of successful candidates to the President of India paving the way for the formation of a new government. Elections to the 15th Lok Sabha were announced by the Election Commission of India on 2nd March, 2009. People in Himachal Pradesh exercised their franchise in the 5th and last Phase of polling on 13th May, 2009. These elections were the first after the delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies in 2008. There were several other notable features of these elections, including the introduction of Braille signage ballot papers and Braille compatible EVMs to facilitate secret voting by the blind voters, a comprehensive communication plan covering even the remotest polling booths through the telecom and wireless network, widespread videography of various election related activities to ensure transparency in the whole election process, frequent media briefings to share information and educate the general public about various aspects of conducting elections, firm and fair enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct etc. Nearly 45000 people, including security personnel, were associated with the entire election process and it is a tribute to their hard work and efficiency that the whole process went off without a hitch and with clockwork precisions. The political parties also extended their full cooperation in ensuring the smooth conduct of these elections. The Election Commission of India was of course always there to guide and advise us in our endeavours and we are grateful to them. Several departments such as Printing & Stationery, Information and Public Relations, Police etc. played an active role in the entire election process. But the biggest tribute must go to the voters of the State who have exhibited their traditional enthusiasm and participated in the elections peacefully. This Report is a record of the events as well as a statistical record of the 15th Lok Sabha elections. We hope it will be of use to the general public, political parties as well as all students of psephology. Suggestions for the improvement are welcome. Place : Shimla. Anil Khachi, IAS Dated : October, 2009. Chief Electoral Officer-cum- Secretary (Elections), Himachal Pradesh. Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh INDEX ON CONTENTS Sl. No. SUBJECT MATTER PAGES 1. BACKGROUND I-XI PART-A 1. ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT A-1 to A-4 2. PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT A-5 3. LIST OF RECOGNIZED POLITICAL PARTIES & THEIR SYMBOLS A-6 4. ELECTIONS AT A GLANCE A-7 5. LIST OF PARTICIPATING POLITICAL PARTIES A-8 to A-9 6. HIGHLIGHTS A-10 7. ELECTOR’S DATA SUMMARY A-11 8. CANDIDATE’S DATA SUMMARY A-12 9. DISTRICT-WISE DETAILS OF POLLING STATIONS A-13 to A-15 10. DISTRICT AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY-WISE DETAILS OF A-16 to A-18 ELECTORS 11. PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY-WISE DETAILS OF ELECTORS A-19 to A-20 12. DETAIL OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES <WITH ADDRESS> A-21 to A-22 13. PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY-WISE DETAILS OF VOTER A-23 to A-24 TURNOUT INCLUDING SERVICE ELECTORS 14. PARTY PERFORMANCE A-25 to A-26 15. PARTY-WISE PERFORMANCE (VOTE POLLED) CHART A-27 16. PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY-WISE VOTES POLLED BY A-28 to A-29 CANDIDATE 17. CANDIDATE’S QUALIFICATION AND EXPENDITURE A-30 PART-B 1. PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY-WISE DETAILS B-1 to B-35 PART-C 1. PARTICULARS OF OFFICERS C-1 to C-3 2. DETAIL OF RETURNING OFFICERS AND ASSISTANT C-4 to C-5 RETURNING OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA 3. AC-WISE DETAIL OF ELECTORS HAVING EPICS AS ON C-6 to C-7 24-04-2009 (LAST DATE FOR FILING NOMINATIONS) LOK SABHA ELECTION-2009 4. ASSEMBLY SEGMENT-WISE INFORMATION REGARDING C-8 to C-10 MAXIMUM/ MINIMUM ELECTORS ETC. ASSIGNED TO POLLING STATIONS 5. AC-WISE HIGHEST-LOWEST POLLING PERCENTAGE C-11 to C-13 6. ASSEMBLY SEGMENT-WISE INFORMATION OF POLLING C-14 to 16 STATIONS WITH MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM ALTITUDE WITH NUMBER OF ELECTORS 7. DETAIL OF SECTOR MAGISTRATES/ OFFICERS APPOINTED FOR C-17 to C-18 CONDUCT OF GENERAL ELECTIONS TO LOK SABHA-2009 8. DETAIL OF POLLING PERSONNEL DEPLOYED FOR ELECTION C-19 to C-20 DUTY 9. DETAILS OF OBSERVERS APPOINTED DURING ELECTION C-21 to C-23 PROCESS (POLLING/ COUNTING) 10. DETAIL OF MEDIA CENTRES SET-UP FOR DISSEMINATION OF C-24 ELECTION RELATED INFORMATION FOR MEDIA PERSONS 11. CONTROL ROOMS C-25 to C-29 12. TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS C-30 13. MOVEMENT PROGRAMME OF POLLING PARTIES C-31 to C-33 14. DEPLOYMENT OF POLICE FORCE / CPMF ETC. C-34 to C-35 15. DEPLOYMENT OF HOME GUARDS/ STATEMENT SHOWING C-36 to C-37 DISTRICT-WISE POLICE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION 16. STATUS OF ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES USED AND C-38 DEFECTIVE EVM 17. PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY-WISE INFORMATION C-39 REGARDING USE OF EVMs IN THE CONDUCT OF LOK SABHA ELECTIONS, 2009 AND BUs & CUs OCCURRED DEFECTIVE BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF POLL, DURING POLL AND AT THE TIME OF COUNTING 18. DISTRICT-WISE INFORMATION REGARDING USE OF EVMS IN C-40 THE CONDUCT OF LOK SABHA ELECTIONS, 2009 AND BUs & CUs OCCURRED DEFECTIVE BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF POLL, DURING POLL AND AT THE TIME OF COUNTING 19. ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY-WISE INFORMATION REGARDING USE OF C-41 to C-44 EVMs IN THE CONDUCT OF LOK SABHA ELECTIONS, 2009 AND BUs & CUs OCCURRED DEFECTIVE BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF POLL, DURING POLL AND AT THE TIME OF COUNTING 20. ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY-WISE DATA OF FORM-13-F- C-45 to C-47 APPOINTMENT OF PROXY BY SERVICE ELECTORS (CSVs) 21. DETAIL OF STORAGE CENTRES OF POLLED EVMs C-48 to C-51 22. COUNTING PROGRAMME C-52 to C-55 23. DISTRICT-WISE DETAIL OF COUNTING LOCATIONS / COUNTING C-56 HALLS 24. INFORMATION OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED VOTERS C-57 to C-59 25. PLACES OF SAFE CUSTODY OF EVMs – AND ELECTION RECORD C-60 to C-62 26. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION C-63 to C-69 27. SUCCESSIVE LOK SABHA ELECTIONS AT A GLANCE 1977 TO C-70 to C-79 2009 28. ELECTED MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OF STATES (RAJYA SABHA) C-80 FROM 1962 TO 2008 29. DETAIL SHOWING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION DATES FROM C-81 1952 TO 2009 IN HIMACHAL PRADESH PART-D 1. PICTURE GALLERY A Statistical Report on General Election to Lok Sabha, 2009 in Himachal Pradesh BACKGROUND MATERIAL I-INTRODUCTION: The General Elections to fourteenth Lok Sabha were held during the year 2004. In order to constitute the 15th Lok Sabha, the Election Commission of India announced the election programme to the General Elections on 2.3.2009, and recommended 17.4.2009, as the date of issue of Notification to call upon all the four Parliamentary Constituencies of the State to elect members to the new House. The poll was held on 13.05.2009 in the State. A brief account of process of General Elections to 15th Lok Sabha, in the State, with statistical data has been presented in this report. II-ELECTORAL ROLLS: The Electoral Rolls in the State were prepared w.e.f. 10-07-2008 to 24-07-2008 in the wake of delimitation of Parliamentary/ Assembly Constituencies by verification of the existing electors and registration of new electors through a Special Summary Revision based on 01-01-2008 as the qualifying date. After the completion of revision process, final publication of rolls was made on 31-08-2008. The electoral rolls were further revised and updated during the year, 2009 by a Special Summary Revision and finally published on 10-01-2009. The programme of summary revision was as under:- 1. Draft Publication of rolls 10.11.2008 2. Period for filing claims and objections 10.11.2008 to 25.11.2008 3. Date of special meetings to read out the 13-11-2008 relevant part of electoral rolls in the Gram Sabha/ Wards (Rural and Urban areas) 4. Disposal of claims and objections 24.12.2008 5. Final publication of Electoral rolls 10.01.2009 Total electors in the State as a result of above Special Summary Revision was as under: Male Female Total General Electors 23,01,113 22,39,959 45,41,117 Service Electors 46,409 17,351 63,760 Total 23,47,522 22,57,310 46,04,832 These electoral rolls were further updated on the basis of claims and objections received during election period and the updated electoral rolls as on Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh Page I A Statistical Report on General Election to Lok Sabha, 2009 in Himachal Pradesh 24.04.2009, the last date of filing nominations, were used during the Lok Sabha Elections- 2009.

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