CONSTITUENCY PRIMER

Comprising 17 assembly segments of five districts, Hamirpur parliamentary segment is a stronghold of Bharatiya Janata Party, particularly of Dhumal family. Since 1998, BJP has won six elections (including two by-elections) in a row from Hamirpur. 2014 Anurag Thakur won by a margin of 98,403 votes, defeating Congress’ Rajinder Rana

2009: Anurag Thakur defeated Congress’ Narinder Thakur by a margin of 72,732 votes

2008 (bypoll): Anurag Thakur defeated Congress’ OP Rattan by a margin of 1.75 lakh votes