Mumbai, November 9: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released the final list for the 68-member Himachal Pradesh assembly.┬аBJP unveiled the names of their candidates in two lists.┬аThe first list comprising 62 names was released Wednesday.┬аHimachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: BJP Releases Manifesto, Promises Uniform Civil Code, 8 Lakh Job Opportunities in State.
The BJP leader and┬аincumbent chief minister of Himachal Pradesh┬аJairam Thakur will fight against Congress’┬аChetram Thakur┬аfrom the Seraj Assembly constituency. Thakur┬аhad successfully contested the seat in the 2017 elections.┬аThis time, Bhawani Singh Pathania has been pitted against BJP’s Rakesh Pathania who is anticipated to give a tough fight to the incumbent legislator.┬аHimachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: BJP Set to Be in Power in State for Next 25 Years, Says CM Jai Ram Thakur.
Full List of BJP Candidates and Their Constituency Names:
Name of Candidate | ┬аConstituency |
┬аHans Raj | ┬аChurah |
Indira Kapoor | ┬аChamba |
DS Thakur | ┬аDalhousie |
Bikram Jaryal | ┬аBhattiyat |
Ranveer Singh (Nikka) | ┬аNurpur |
Rakesh Pathania | ┬аFatehpur |
Sanjay Guleriya | ┬аJawali |
┬аBikram Thakur | ┬аJaswan-Pragpur |
Ravinder Singh Ravi | Jawalamukhi |
Raghubir Singh Bali | Nagrota |
Arun Kumar Mehra (Kuka) | Shahpur |
Rakesh Chaudhary | Dharamshala |
Trilok Kapoor | Palampur |
Mulkhraj Premi | Baijnath |
Ramlal Markandey | Lahaul & Spit |
Maheshwar Singh | Kullu |
Surendra Shourie | Banjar |
Rakesh Jamwal | Sundernagar |
┬аJai Ram Thakur | Seraj |
Puran Chand Thakur | Darang |
Anil Sharma | Mandi |
Indra Singh Gandhi | Balh |
Dr. Anil Dhiman | Bhoranj |
Capt. (Retd.) Ranjeet Singh | Sujanpur |
Maya Sharma | Barsar |
Vijay Agnihotri | Nadaun |
Ramkumar | Haroli |
Satpal Singh Satti | Una |
JR Katwal (Retd. IAS) | Jhanduta |
Rajinder Garg | Ghumarwin |
Randhir Sharma | Sri Naina Deviji |
Govind Ram Sharma | Arki |
Sardar Paramjeet Singh (Pammi) | Doon |
Dr. Rajesh Kashyap | Solan |
Dr. Rajiv Saizal | Kasauli |
Reena Kashyap | Pachhad |
Dr. Rajeev Bindal | Nahan |
Narayan Singh | Sri Renukaji |
Baldev Tomar | Shillai |
Balbir Verma | Chopal |
Ajay Shyam | Theog |
Suresh Bhardwaj | Kasumpti |
Ravi Mehta | Shimla Rural |
Chetan Bragta | Jubbal тАУ Kotkhai |
Kaul Negi | Rampur |
Shashi Bala | Rohru |
Janak Raj | Bharmour |
Reeta Dhiman | Indora |
Ramesh Dhawala | Dehra |
Vipin Singh Parmar | Sullah |
Pawan Kajal | Kangra |
Lokendra Kumar | Anni |
Deepraj Kapoor (Banthal) | Karsog |
Vinod Kumar | Nachan |
Prakash Rana | Jogindernagar |
Rajat Thakur | Dharampur |
Daleep Thakur | Sarkaghat |
Balbir Singh Chaudhary | Chintpurni |
Rajesh Thakur | Gagret |
Virender Kanwar | Kutlehar |
Trilok Jamwal | Bilaspur |
Lakhwinder Rana | Nalagarh |
Sanjay Sood | Shimla |
Ravinder Dhiman | Jaisinghpur |
Govind Singh Thakur | Manali |
Sukhram Chaudhary | Paonta Sahib |
Surat Negi
Narender Thakur |
Kinnaur
Hamirpur |
In the 2017 Himachal Pradesh elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagged 43 seats and Congress won 22 seats. The hill state will go to polls on November┬а12. While the counting and the results will be declared on December 8.
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