Elections in Himachal Pradesh 2014

General elections in Himachal will be conducted on 7th May, 2014 which will be take place during the eighth phase.

 

Himachal Pradesh General Elections – 2014

The dates and schedule for the election process is described below:

8 Phase
No of PCs going to poll 4	(PC no. 1 to 4)
Issue of Notification	12 Apr 14 (Sat)
Last Date for filing Nominations	19 Apr 14 (Sat)
Scrutiny of Nominations	21 Apr 14 ( Mon)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature	23 Apr 14 (Wed)
Date of Poll	07 May 14 (Wed)
Counting of Votes	16 May 14 (Fri)
Date before which the election shall be completed	28 May 14 (Wed)

 

Himachal Pradesh elections

Himachal Pradesh is a state situated in the northern part of India which was formed in 1971. The official language of the state is Hindi and Punjabi.
Political parties in Himachal Pradesh
The parties at the national level are:
Indian National Congress
Bahujan Samaj Party
Bharatiya Janta Party
Parties at the state level are:
All India Tribes and Minorities Front
Him Loktrantric Morcha
Himachal Vikas Congress
Himachal Pradesh Lok Raj Party
Himachal Kranti Party
Janhit Morcha
Loktrantric Morcha Himachal Pradesh
Administration Process
Himachal Pradesh has unicameral Legislature with Legislative Assembly. The state is run by the state government which has been chosen through elections. Governor of the state is appointed by President. The administration of the state is carried out by the Chief minister along with his council of ministers.

 

List of Chief Ministers in Himachal Pradesh

Sl. No.	Name of Chief Ministers	From	To	Party
1	Yashwant Singh Parmar	19061	20759	INC
	State ceased to exist	20759	23193	The state was converted into a Union Territory
2	Yashwant Singh Parmar[2]	23193	28153	INC
3	Thakur Ram Lal	28153	28245	INC
	President’s Rule	28245	28298
4	Shanta Kumar	28298	29265	JNP
5	Thakur Ram Lal	29265	30413	INC
6	Virbhadra Singh	30414	31114	INC
7	Virbhadra Singh	31114	32937	INC
8	Shanta Kumar	32937	33953	BJP
	President’s Rule	33953	34306
9	Virbhadra Singh	34306	35877	INC
10	Prem Kumar Dhumal	35878	37685	BJP
11	Virbhadra Singh	37686	39446	INC
12	Prem Kumar Dhumal	39446	41268	BJP
13	Virbhadra Singh	41268	Present	INC

List of Governors

Sl. No.	Name of Lieutenant Governors	From	To
1	Maj. Gen. Hemit Singhji	19054	20089
2	Raja Bajrang Bahadur Singh of Bhadri	20090	23236
3	Sh. Bhagawan Sahay	23237	24163
4	Sh. V. Viswanathan	24164	24598
5	Sh. Om Parkash	24599	24607
6	Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh	24608	25957