Mandi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India represented by Kangana Ranaut, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2024.
History Mandi Parliamentary constituency already emerged as a hot bed of politics where not only the BJP and the Congress will fight for their prestige, but is the only seat in the state where the Left front has popped up a candidate. The constituency then was named as Mandi - Mahasu was represented by Rani Amrit Kaur of the erstwhile Patiala state and Sh Gopi Ram Mandi during 1952–57. In the Lok Sabha elections that followed in 1957, the seat was represented by Raja Joginder Sen of the erstwhile Mandi state, who represented the seat till 1962. In the following elections that year Raja Lalit Sen of Sundarnagar or the erstwhile Suket State was elected. He repeated his victory in the 1967 elections.
However, in period from 1977 to 1979, the constituency was represented by Ganga Singh who represented the Janata Party, which came to power at the centre immediately after the elections that followed the imposition of emergency in the country and the Congress, under Indira Gandhi was routed. He defeated Congress candidate Virbhadra Singh.
Then came along the man, who called himself the son-of-the-soil, Sukh Ram. He switched from state politics to the Parliament and won comfortably in 1985. In the next election, however, it was again another blue-blooded royal, Maheshwar Singh, scion of the erstwhile Kullu state who drubbed the son-of-the-soil at the polls.
But Sukh Ram bounced back and won again in 1994, but was expelled from the Congress a couple of years later, following the reported recovery of large amounts of cash from his residence. To re-establish his political dominion Sukh Ram floated Himachal Vikas Congress and came back into politics with a bang – winning five Assembly seats in 1998 along with wresting Shimla (reserved) parliamentary seat from the Congress in 1999. In 1998, Sukh Ram's HVC under an alliance with the BJP supported the candidature of Maheshwar Singh, who won easily. In 2004, Congress candidate Pratibha Singh defeated Maheshwar Singh. In 2009, Congress candidate Virbhadra Singh defeated Maheshwar Singh by a very small gap.
In 2014 and 2019, Ram Swaroop Sharma of Bharatiya Janata Party was elected.
In 2024, actress Kangana Ranaut, a BJP member was elected.
Vidhan Sabha segments Mandi Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following 17 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: No Name District MemberParty2024 Lead2Bharmour (ST)ChambaJanak Raj21Lahaul and Spiti (ST)Lahaul & Spiti Anuradha Rana22ManaliKulluBhuvaneshwar Gaur23KulluSurinder Singh Thakur24BanjarSurender Shourie25Anni (SC)Lokender Kumar26Karsog (SC)MandiDeepraj Kapoor27SundernagarRakesh Jamwal28Nachan (SC)Vinod Kumar29SerajJai Ram Thakur30DarangPuran Chand Thakur31JogindernagarPrakash Prem Kumar Rana33MandiAnil Sharma34Balh (SC)Inder Singh35SarkaghatDalip Thakur66Rampur (SC)ShimlaNand Lal68Kinnaur (ST)KinnaurJagat Singh Negi
Members of Lok Sabha Year NameParty1952Gopi Ram 1952^Rajkumari Amrit Kaur1957 Raja Joginder Sen Bahadur1962Lalit Sen19671971Virbhadra Singh1977Ganga Singh1980Virbhadra Singh1984Sukh Ram1989Maheshwar Singh1991Sukh Ram 19961998Maheshwar Singh 19992004Pratibha Singh 2009Virbhadra Singh2013^Pratibha Singh2014Ram Swaroop Sharma 20192021^ Pratibha Singh2024Kangana Ranaut
Election results 2024 election
2021 by-election
2019 election
2014 election
2013 by-election
2009 election
2004 election
1999 election
1998 election
1996 election
1991 election
1989 election
1984 election
1980 election
1977 election
1971 election
1967 election
1962 election
1957 election
1951 election
See also List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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